Vincent Lai :: vlBLOG.net » Chinese Garden http://www.vlblog.net Simple Informal Relaxed Sydney Documentary Wedding Photography :: Sydney Wedding Photographer Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:52:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Doltone House Jones Bay Wharf | Chinese Garden Darling Harbour | Westin Hotel http://www.vlblog.net/doltone-house-jones-bay-wharf-chinese-garden-darling-harbour-westin-hotel/ http://www.vlblog.net/doltone-house-jones-bay-wharf-chinese-garden-darling-harbour-westin-hotel/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:15:07 +0000 Vincent Lai http://www.vlblog.net/?p=813 It was another great wedding on City to Surf Sunday. The preparation was at the Westin Hotel @ No. 1 Martin Place.  Makeup & Hair was by the wonderful Martha Mok & her team, I have worked with Martha on numerous occasions. The civil marriage ceremony was at the Chinese Garden in the Hall of Longevity. The wedding ceremony was conducted by civil marriage celebrant Karen Taylor, who is also the grooms cousin. We captured some images after the ceremony around the Chinese Garden and The Rocks before heading to Doltone House at Jones Bay Wharf for the reception in the Loft Room. The bridal bouquet was by Vesna Grasso. The wedding cake is by Denise Derley @ Your Exquisite Cake. The wedding cake figurines was made by Valerie Lim. 

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Simple details

Martha working hard styling the brides hair

More hair action

Mother of bride

Bride putting on her wedding gown. Gown is by Maggie Sottero

Girls arriving at the Chinese Garden

Wedding Ceremony at the Hall of Longevity Dragon Wall

The wedding guest

Exchange of wedding band

A surprise for the bride at the end of the ceremony – lion dance

Some relaxed informals

Awesome looking Wedding Cake & Figurine

Speeches

The bridal dance

The get away…. {straight out of camera}

]]> http://www.vlblog.net/doltone-house-jones-bay-wharf-chinese-garden-darling-harbour-westin-hotel/feed/ 5 Monte Carlo Restaurant | Vietnamese Wedding Tea Ceremony | Chinese Gardens Darling Harbour http://www.vlblog.net/monte-carlo-restaurant-vietnamese-wedding-tea-ceremony-chinese-gardens-darling-harbour/ http://www.vlblog.net/monte-carlo-restaurant-vietnamese-wedding-tea-ceremony-chinese-gardens-darling-harbour/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 12:40:08 +0000 Vincent Lai http://www.vlblog.net/?p=692 What a windy morning! It was a Vietnamese wedding today, with two tea ceremony and a photo shoot at the Chinese Gardens at Darling Harbour. The reception was a Monte Carlo – Hoa Binh Restaurant @ Fairfield. I will let the images do the talking :)

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Simple details

Bridal makeup

Mother of bride

Reflection

The wedding bouquet made by the bride – groom is holding it

Delivery of gifts

A nice watch for the bride

Yummy lunch – roast pork

Some simple informal relaxed portraits at the Chinese gardens – I love the vibrant colours of the gowns

Nice :)

The beautiful koi fish

The groom changed into his formal suit

I like this one – bride also changed into her wedding dress.

Sun glare

There is always one at every wedding :)

]]> http://www.vlblog.net/monte-carlo-restaurant-vietnamese-wedding-tea-ceremony-chinese-gardens-darling-harbour/feed/ 2 Chinese Garden of Friendship | Curzon Hall | Tea Ceremony http://www.vlblog.net/chinese-garden-of-friendship-curzon-hall/ http://www.vlblog.net/chinese-garden-of-friendship-curzon-hall/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:38:30 +0000 Vincent Lai http://www.vlblog.net/?p=621 My second wedding for the weekend, it was great daylight saving ended today giving me an extra hour sleep. It was a great multicultural wedding today with a Chinese tea ceremony in the morning and then a civil garden ceremony at the Chinese Gardens in The Water Pavilion @ Darling Harbour. The reception was at the unique sandstone castle Curzon Hall @ Marsfield. The Civil Marriage Celebrant today was Helen Bailey. Makeup was by Tasleema Nigh and the 3 Rolls Royce was from Royalty Weddings.

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Simple details

Bridal preparation

Tea ceremony

Bride arriving at the Chinese Gardens @ Darling Harbour

Civil wedding ceremony

Some relaxed portraits

Flowers are in bloom at the chinese garden

bridal party

More bridal party – there was 3 groomsmen, bridesmaid and brideMAN :)

Love the sandstone buildings at Martin Place

The Rolls Royce are awesome – especially parked outside Curzon Hall

Wedding cake

During the reception we went outside Curzon Hall to capture a few image

With this dance the floor was even shaking

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Marriage Celebrant :: Peter Phillips

Hair & Makeup :: Dream Reflection

Rolls Royce :: 7th Heaven

Reception :: Marigold Restaurant

Another great overseas couple, they are from the UK. B&G booked me via the internet :-) They must of bought the weather with them :-) The day started at Park Hyatt with the bridal preparation and a simple tea ceremony. We then headed to the grooms place for another tea ceremony and lunch. Bride then headed back to Park Hyatt to get changed into her white gown before we headed to the Chinese Garden for the civil ceremony. The initial ceremony location was going to be at the Hall of Longevity but it was changed to the Tea House due to the crazy weather. The rain stopped for a quick photo session around the garden and cbd. Reception was at Marigold Restaurant @ Haymarket.

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Makeup

Simple detail

Tea ceremony

Emotion – mother of bride and bride in the back ground

The rain started and it was freezing

Fixing brides hair before the ceremony

The lovely flowers was from Pearsons

Arrival at the gardens and bridesmaid is calling to let us know :-)

I like :-) there was so many “Uncle Bobs” at the ceremony

A few relaxed portraits

I like this image – speech by groom

Thank you guys for letting me part of your special day in Sydney. You guys are one of the most genuine people I have meet. Thank you for the bottle of wine and lai si.

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Civil Marriage Celebrant :: Kris Kimpton

Makeup Design :: Karyn Lee

Hair Art :: Rosetta Chidiac (0416 026 135)

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Tiny details

Bridal makeup

Girls

Boys

Kiss

Husband & Wife

I love the bamboo

Relaxed Portrait

The bridal party

I like this one – traveling in style :-)

…until a flat tyre :-)

Cake- love the cake toppers

Best man speech

First dance – love the backlite created by someones camera :-)

Garter throw – I love it :-)

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