Ngoc & Tyler : Danang and Hoi An Wedding
Julian: In the beginning of August I shot a very special wedding in Danang. Of course, ALL the weddings I shoot are special. But this one will always be a little closer to my heart, as it was the last one I’d shoot as a resident of Vietnam. In Janurary 2011, I will be relocating [...]
Bi & Ygal : Hue engagement
Julian: Bi and Ygal are manga comic librarians in Belgium. But when night falls, they fight crime on the mean streets of Brussles…. OK, that second part isn’t true, but the first is. I didn’t know such a cool job existed – and Bi and Ygal are definitely cool. They wanted something a little different [...]
Truc & Jason : engagement in Ho Chi Minh City
Aidan: I spent a fun-filled day with Truc and Jason in Saigon last week. Our day included visits to Notre Dame Cathedral, Presidential Palace Gardens, Binh Quoi Village, Cholon Market and Pagoda in Chinatown and Phu My Hung Park in District 7. We have just photographed her wedding at the splendid Park Hyatt Hotel Saigon and hope [...]
Judy and Gavin: Engagement at Dai Nam Park
It was a real privilege and pleasure to photograph Judy and Gavin as they are established wedding photographers themselves in Los Angeles and Orange County. Judy’s family are from Binh Duong province, an hour North of Saigon and we took the day out at the near by Dai Nam Park. Despite the blistering heat, they [...]
Aditya & Linda : Hanoi and Halong Engagement
Aidan & Justin: Aditya and Linda flew up from Indonesia to have their engagement photos shot in Hanoi and Halong Bay, just as the weather up here started to turn favorable after a winter of soggy, foggy photo sessions. Special thanks to associate snapper Justin who stepped as Julian was out the country collecting his [...]
Guilhem & Huyen : Hanoi engagement shoot
Aidan: Tour guide, Bar owner and Minsk Club footballer Guilhem and his fiancee Huyen braved the heat on Sunday as Summer hit Hanoi. Some say it reached 39′C in the early afternoon but the couple kept smiling as they wiped the sweat from their brows. Staying away from the clicheed Opera House and Botanical Gardens [...]
Markus & Hanh : Luang Prabang Wedding
Julian: Markus and Hanh are an American couple who lived in Vietnam for many years before returning to the US just a few years ago. Since they still have a lot of friends in Vietnam, but wanted a wedding with a little extra flavor, they arranged their ceremony to take place in lovely Luang Prabang, [...]
Thang and Chi : The Inter Continental Hotel Hanoi
Aidan: The winter weddings continue in Hanoi, and the Interncontinental is fast becoming the most popular hotel in town for photoshoots. And for good reason – Thang and Chi absolutely loved shooting here, and had no problem getting comfortable in front of the camera in these beautiful surroundings. We’re really looking forward to the wedding [...]
Cuong & Khoa : Hanoi Wedding
Aidan: These images are from Cuong and Khoa’s wonderful Hanoi wedding. Aidan covered the festivities along with our sometime photographic assistant Phuong, who helped capture the flavor at both the Hanoi Hotel and later on at the Intercontinental. Wedding season in North America coincides with great spring/summer/fall weather, and beautiful light. Wedding season in Vietnam, [...]
Kenneth and Eunice : Hanoi engagement shoot
Kenneth emailed me from Hong Kong a few months ago. He and his girlfriend Eunice were planning a trip to Vietnam, and he was going to propose during the journey. He wanted to spend half a day in Hanoi taking casual, fun pictures of them touring the city. Unfortunately, we ran into some of the [...]
Marc & Hien : Hanoi An Hoi and Wedding
Marc and Hien’s An Hoi was hosted in her family’s house in the Bach Dang area of Hanoi, a great neighbourhood along the riverside, behind the Opera House. I love shooting An Hoi, because it is the traditional Vietnamese element of weddings here: the groom’s entourage arrives in cyclos bearing gifts, to ask permission for [...]
Ming and Hang : Halong Bay engagement shoot
Some couples are camera-shy. Some have a hard time being intimate in front of the camera. Not Ming and Hang. By the end of our shoot in Halong Bay, when we would ask them to kiss they were already at it, almost oblivious to the camera. In fact, a few times we had to ask [...]
Steve and Hanh : Hanoi An Hoi
Steve and Hanh are two of our oldest friends in Hanoi. Hanh made an honest man of Hanoi’s premier punk rock wheelie-poppin’ bassist this weekend during a beautiful (but stifling hot!) an hoi ceremony at her parent’s apartment. I was part of the groom’s entourage who bore gifts of rice cakes, wine and cigarettes to [...]
Raise the White Lanterns
One of my favorite Vietnamese traditions is the lighting of white paper lanterns and raising them into the night sky after a wedding. Not only is it good fun for the guests (fire is always fun!), but its a beautiful moment with some rich symbolism for the newlyweds. We always recommend a lantern ceremony to [...]
Zui and Linh : Hanoi engagement shoot
We actually took these photos at the end of May, but work and holidays piled up and we were only able to post them here now. Zui and Linh wanted some engagement photos done in Hanoi, and we wanted to find somewhere outdoor but private. I had shot Zen Spa last year for a Canadian [...]
Anthony and Sammi : China Beach Wedding Danang
Aidan and I are now knee-deep editing the China Beach wedding shoot for Anthony and Sammi. They live in Hong Kong, Anthony is Australian, Sammi is Vietnamese, and they decided to fly over here for the wedding. Luckily, the weather gods were smiling this past weekend, and we got uninterrupted sunshine on the big day, [...]
