The traditional Khmer wedding is a long and colorful affair, a carefully choreographed event with many changes of spectacular colourful outfits. The ceremony begins in the morning at the home of the bride and is directed by the achar. Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and recite prayers of blessing. Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair...
There are weddings…and there are Indian weddings! I spent an incredible week on Ko Samui with Sandeep and Tarun, their families and friends. 4 days of ceremonies, celebrations and parties kicked off at the consistently wonderful Six Senses Samui. Then followed presents and partying at the uber cool W Retreat Koh Samui, henna ceremonies at...
Aidan: The Park Hyatt rocks! Well, it did tonight, like Ive never seen before with The Curtis King Band. Nha and Lee brought friends and family over from Australia, the UK and Malaysia where they are currently based in Kular Lumpar. The morning was a colourful traditional Vietnamese ceremony at Nha’s family home in District 5,...
Aidan: Beautiful and eloquent, Cuc could have just walked off a film set at Vinawood! Indeed, for their pre wedding shoot, Cuc and Huy travelled to Sa Dec in The Mekong Delta and portrayed scenes from ‘The Lover’; a great idea tastefully captured by top Vietnamese photographer Alexis Vu. With the An Hoi and a wedding reception...
Aidan: This was new for me on so many levels…for a start, it was the first time I have photographed a wedding ceremony at Disneyland! It is also the first time I have shot a wedding for 17 hours straight… I wouldn’t usually post many photos of the wedding car but it was the first...
Aidan: This was not our usual engagement photoshoot, but then Hieu and An were not your usual couple! Outrageously fun and infectiously funny, An and Hieu led the way around Go Cong, An’s family home in The Mekong Delta. We went to the pagoda in the morning and the coast in the afternoon; the last...
Aidan: Julian and I first worked with Trang over two years ago when we flew down to Saigon from Hanoi to photograph what some social circles were calling the wedding of the year! As a wedding planner, Trang only organises the best weddings and her own reception at Cham Charm was no exception. It was...
Aidan: What a sight! A bright red Mercedes coupe leading the procession of black Mercedes through the narrow lanes in The Mekong Delta. And what a privilage to go with Yuli to collect Quyen from her countryside home in a small village in Ben Tre. Gifts were exchanged, tea and rice wine were drunk and...
A lost passport and canceled flights due to heavy snow didn’t prevent Thuy and Evan making the long journey over from the US to Vietnam. Evan’s mother was making her first ever trip out of the US and his father’s first for 40 years. However he quickly picked up the language and his speech, delivered...
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...
