Tyler & Ngoc teaser
Julian: Going through some transitions at the moment, haven’t had much time to drop mighty pearls of wisdom and images of eye-blinding beauty here lately. More to come, real soon….. In the meantime, a preview from the awesome Tyler and Ngoc in Hoi An, Vietnam.
Desre & Magtellus : Sarojin Resort, Khao Lak Wedding
Julian: Desre and Magtellus traveled over 10,000 kilometers for their wedding – from Cape Town, South Africa to The Sarojin, Khao Lak, Thailand. So there was no way they were going to let a little rain dampen their wedding day. Which is good, because it’s rainy season in Thailand, and that means some serious downpours. [...]
Cover story in East&West Magazine
Julian: Had a nice little surprise last week. I knew my wedding work was going to be featured in this month’s edition of East&West magazine, but found out after it hit the stands that the article is the cover story, which is pretty sweet. Big, big “thank you’s” to Kim and Dane (that’s Kim above, [...]
Kat & Jason : Halong Bay wedding
Julian: I headed out to Halong Bay a few weeks to photograph the very, very intimate wedding of Kat and Jason. Their only guest was their friend Hollie, and I became their fourth wheel for the afternoon. Someone had to help create symmetry at the lunch table as Jason dined on fresh crabs and everyone [...]
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 [...]
Katie & Dave – Hoi An Wedding
Julian: Katie and Dave wanted to keep things nice and simple, relaxed, casual and fun. Music to my ears…. From a cyclo processional to a stroll with a bottle of champagne in-hand through the streets of Hoi An, Katie and Dave proved that keeping things simple can be the key to actually enjoying your wedding [...]
Truc & Jason : Ho Chi Minh City wedding
Julian: Man, did Aidan and I have fun at this wedding. Truc and Jason came over from Australia for their nuptials in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), and brought an amazing group of family and friends along with them. The day was split into two, with a traditional Vietnamese ceremony at Truc’s mother’s home in [...]
Kim & Dane : Hoi An Wedding
Julian: Kim and Dane are a lovely young Aussie couple who decided to marry in Hoi An earlier this spring. I haven’t been to a wedding yet where there’s been such obvious love and support from the tight knit families and friends who traveled over for the big day. It was easy to see that [...]
Joleigh & Marcus : Hoi An wedding
Julian: Joleigh and Marcus met in Vietnam a few years back, and decided to fly over from London to have their wedding in Hoi An. After all, with their families in Australia and South Africa, why not meet somewhere in the middle (kindof)? Image by Julian The ceremony was set for the fantastic Red Bridge [...]
1 week, 4 weddings, 6948 images
Julian: Last week I shot four weddings – one in Saigon (with Aidan) and three in Hoi An/Danang. They were all unique, and amazingly good fun, but at the end of it, I could barely see straight. In fact, at the last one, when I was setting up a remote strobe for the first dance, [...]
Joel & Vinuon : Wedding in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Julian: What do you get when you mix the sheer beauty of Angkor, the brute power of Kung Fu Panda, and the finest of fine tequilas flown in from around the globe? InOpulencia – Joel and Vinuon’s fabulous multi-day wedding in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Vinuon’s family is Khmer (and Joel’s is Filipino), so they had [...]
The things they carried….
Julian: Last week I shot a wedding in Siem Reap, Cambodia, something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Not sure there’s a more photogenic spot in Southeast Asia, and the wedding was split into traditional Khmer ceremonies and a western reception, so it had a little bit of everything, and a whole lot [...]
Duong Thuy Linh & Andy Nguyen Viet Thang : Hanoi Wedding
Julian & Aidan: Thuy Linh and Andy’s magnificent wedding at the Daewoo Hotel in Hanoi managed to seat over a thousand people into the grounds outside by the pool, which was really so much nicer than inside a dimly lit ballroom. I really enjoyed photographing Thuy Linh as she and her bridesmaids prepared for the [...]
Duong Thuy Linh & Andy Nguyen Viet Thang : Hanoi Dam Hoi
Julian: I had a wonderful day last week photographing the dam hoi (it’s the traditional Vietnamese wedding planning ceremony) from the perspective of the bride-to-be: Thuy Linh. They had hired another photographer to follow the groom, so I was able to spend all my time following Thuy Linh around as she prepared for the ceremony [...]
Donna & Steve : Khao Lak wedding
Julian: Last week I flew to Thailand to photograph Donna and Steve’s wedding in Khao Lak, a gorgeous beach area near Phuket that was flattened by the tsunami five years ago. I spent three weeks covering the tsunami aftermath there five years ago, and it was a bit emotional getting back there. It’s great to [...]
Vinh & Diep : Hanoi Wedding
Julian: Two weeks ago we photographed Vinh And Diep’s Hanoi wedding. Vinh is a worldly young man who studied in France, Canada and the US, and its remarkably romantic that he married Diep, the girl next door (or, the girl from about a block and a half away). The weather gods were not smiling on [...]
VWP, another year older….
It is just over a year since we photographed together as VWP, and to celebrate this we have a wedding photography exhibition at Highway4 Restaurant and Bar, 5 Hang Tre, Hanoi. Running from 7th to 28th October we are displaying hundreds of images in collages on their ground floor. Every single wedding has been a [...]
Vietnamese wedding fashion show
Julian: Weddings are big business in Vietnam. The global economic meltdown hasn’t deterred young couples in Hanoi and Saigon from spending money on lavish affairs. These images are from a wedding fashion show in Hanoi, where industry vendors showed off their latest wares for the 2009 wedding season. And if the designers are to be [...]
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, [...]
World Press Photo Awards
Just a quick note to congratulate Julian on taking 3rd place – sports action stories – in the annual World Press Photo contest. For those unfamiliar with World Press Photo, it is the world‘s premiere photojournalism contest, so it’s a really a great achievement. You can see the winning images at World Press Photo Awards.
Saigon's favorite wedding shot spot
Julian: I was walking around downtown Saigon a few weeks back, and ducked into the Ho Chi Minh City History Museum, which like most museums here is an interesting mix of fact, fiction, and extreme kitsch. Its a favorite haunt of Saigon wedding photographers, mostly because of the grand staircase in the main hallway, which [...]
A night to remember: Caravelle Hotel Saigon
Last weekend Aidan and I flew down to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to shoot what some social circles have been calling the wedding of the year in Vietnam at The Caravelle Hotel. We can’t name the couple, divulge much detail or post photos from the event, as our clients have requested some privacy for [...]
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 [...]
