Archive for December, 2007

What a great 2007 for Vincent Lai Thank you too all the pass, current and future clients for there support. A big thank you to my wife for all the background work and also a special thank you to Milton for his energy and commitment.

2008 is looking to be another great year, nearly reach my quota for 2008

Season Greetings everyone ! Plenty of yummy food and wine Hopefully all the weddings in 2008 will make me loss some kilos.

Wishing all my family, friends, pass & present clients & vlblog readers/stalkers a Happy Christmas & a prosperous New Year in 2008.

Wooohooo last wedding for 2007 !!!! and it was 14 hours !!!!! The weather was not perfect today but we captured some amazing real moments. We captured 2 Vietnamese Tea Ceremonies followed by a yummy lunch. After lunch we headed to the University of Sydney for the wedding ceremony and reception. I highly recommend The Holme Building / The Refectory Room. I am tired I will let the images do the talking…..enjoy Check out Milton’s blog for some more pics.

100% real moment

A little touch up before the civil ceremony

I like this image

The pretty girls

Simple details

The “long” group pic using a fishy

Relaxed formals

The Refectory Room at the Holme Building

Real Emotions

A song for the B&G

The bridal dance

Last cake for 2007

Vincent Lai :: www.vincentlai.com.au

Want to see me dance ? I have just Elf myself and the whole family too……click image below to see my moves

There was plenty of rain today in Sydney Today was the first time I meet the bride and groom, they booked me after looking at my work and also recommendation from a friend We started at Pyrmont for the bridal preparation. Hair was by Julie Blazely (0404 096 842) and makeup was by Martha Bedggood (0415 254 618). The wedding ceremony was at the lovely Chinese Gardens in the Hall of Longevity & Dragon Wall. After the ceremony the rain started and it did not stop. Bride & Groom was great, we still got some great images My camera gear was all wet, lucky I use professional gear which has rubber seals for weather like today. The civil ceremony was conducted by marriage celebrant Michael Teulon which I have worked with many times. The reception was at The Waterfront Restaurant which has spectacular views across the Opera House and Sydeny Harbour.

Vincent Lai :: Accredited Member of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) & Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP)

Simple details of bridal shoes

Hair Styling

Makeup

Exchange of rings

Can you see the rain ?

Relaxed formals

I like this

We found some shelter in the CBD for some relaxed portraits.

The bridal party

I like this image captured by ML - some lense zoom when he capture the image

The cake

Is designed to be an Australian wedding blog dedicated to inspiring you to create a beautiful wedding uniquely yours. Check it out @ polkadotbride.com and they also love my work too This is what they recently wrote about me…

“Vincent just has this clean, crisp way of shooting which I love. What you see is what you get and I think he does a great job of it! He captures details in an amazing way, I am particularly fond of his shoe shots!. Vincent captures weddings from many different cultures- from Hindu wedding ceremonies to Chinese tea ceremonies. I’m always in awe of the beautiful fabrics and touches that he captures so well. I also learn a lot about different weddings through Vincent!”

Vincent Lai @ www.vincentlai.com.au

…with album designing and meeting clients. I meet with five clients today Two more weddings too capture before I have a relaxing break. I got myself a new camera for my Christmas present, hopefully it will be in my hands before Christmas.

An album spread I am working on “simple and documentary”

Simple Informal Relaxed Weddings :: Vincent Lai

Currently enjoying our short break in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I bought the tickets for my wife birthday. I also bumped into one of my wedding couples which caught the same flight. Worst thing happened when we landed in KL, my glasses snapped I had to use sticky tape to hold it together until we got into KL CBD. I was able to get a new pair - frame and lens within an hour. So far it has been awesome, great food and great shopping. Fei was able to meet up with all her school friends, last time she meet up with them was 11 years ago. We even stayed in her home town, Ipoh, overnight. Here are some images. It is so convenient having a small notebook and able to pickup free Wifi hotspots

The famous Petronas Twin Towers

The view from the walk way.

I only bought my little pocket camera

Streets of Melaka

Batu Caves

Ipoh - Ling Sen Tong Temple

Another local temple in Ipoh

Drawings on the cave walls