Julian: When Boom first contacted me about photographing her wedding at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, I reread her email a few times. The Oriental holds a certain place in classic hotel lore that is occupied by only a handful of select properties. The Metropole in Hanoi, Vietnam, comes to mind as another....
Julian: Hoi An. I’m not sure what to say. I’ve been there a million times, and I know I should be over it, but…. despite the overenthusiastic vendors and the pervasive kitsch hanging like pesky vines covering the beautiful shophouses, I can’t help myself. It’s just…. lovely. Get out in the early morning or late...
Julian: Nicole and Jon and their two amazing families flew from Australia to Koh Samui for a destination wedding last week. We’ve had a lot of unseasonal heavy rains in southern Thailand this year, and I was worried their affair at The Cove would be a wet one. But we lucked out with the weather,...
Julian: More Koh Samui goodness from the fantastic wedding of Shivani and Irfaan. Not hard to tell – people were having a pretty good time.
Julian: My first Hindu wedding, and oh my, I think I may be hooked, because Shivani and Irfaan know how to throw a wedding. They met in Dubai. They live in the US. And they brought 100 friends and family from all over the world to descend on this little island in the Gulf of...
Julian: Last week I shot a 3-day all-star Hindu wedding in Koh Samui, Thailand. A hundred guests flew in from all over the world to this little island in the Gulf of Thailand, for what amounted to a 3-day party. This will be the first instalment of a 3-part series. There are just too many...
Julian: More goodness from the Angkor engagement shoot earlier this month. What you can see in the first few images is the sunrise in front of Angkor Wat. Not much of a sunrise at this time of year unfortunately. What you can’t see are the hordes of tourists making it practically impossible to line up...
Julian: Angkor. There are no superlatives that can diminish its wonder. And even though we were there during Chinese New Year, with about 9 billion tour buses buzzing around the temple grounds, it’s still a place of magic – but not an easy place to make magic images. You want to make pictures at a...
Julian: Happy to say Eden Images is featured in an interview on Wedding Guide Asia today. WGA is an awesome resource for couples planning a destination wedding in Southeast Asia, from Singapore, Malaysia and Bali to Thailand, Cambodia or Vietnam. From photographers to wedding planners and venues, its a fantastic blog for checking out the...
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...
