With both Julian and Aidan already on assignment, associate photographer Dominic flew down from Hanoi to photograph Helena and Ade in Ho Chi Minh City. “At the beginning of June I photographed Helena and Ade, a lovely young couple from Jakarta, in Saigon. The two of them were great subjects, had lots of ideas for...
Aidan: Judy and Gavin’s wedding has been featured in Style Unveiled’s wedding planning website. Both wedding photographers from LA, I photographed their engagement session in Binh Duong last year. We had a great day and yes I did even try Durian. Once!
Aidan: Sapa is a frontier town in the Lào Cai province in northwest Vietnam. It is one of the main market towns in the area, where many ethnic minority groups such as H’mong, Dao and Tay live. On a sunny day the stunning view stretches for miles but on a cloudy day you cant see...
Aidan: Hong is the cousin of a good friend of ours, Mr. Vinh from highly recommended travel agency, Handspan Tours. When she got in touch with us for a pre wedding shoot we knew as she was part of his family it was going to be fun! As Hanoi is approching it’s 1000 year celebrations,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 believed,...
