Award Winning Photo on WPJA Front Page

Jessie's award winning photo from last quarter was chosen to be one of the random samples on WPJA's front page.



Raymond
www.raymondleung.ca

Video Stuff

Other than photo works, we are busy with many other things. At the same time, my cough (sensitive air way) is slowly getting away. I just got a portable video rail for our 5D Mark II. I hope I will have to time to test it and do some modification on it, in this week. I want to make a fold-able stand/legs for the rail however, next wedding shoot is coming...

This week's biggest news for Canon users should be 1D Mark IV. As expected, it has all video function of 7D but it has better ISO performance. However, I'm a bit disappointed about 1D Mark IV stays at APS-H sensor. On video side, I think it's much better than 5D Mark II's video. At least, I don't see any rolling shutter problem from Vincent Laforet's "Nocturne". On the other hand, Canon told us that new firmware for 5D Mark II will be available in early 2010. I expect it will not have 720p @ 50 frames (PAL) and 60 frames (NTSC). Let's wait and see.

Raymond
www.raymondleung.ca

Vijay + Shawn Wedding @ Brock House - 10.11.2009

In this busy long weekend, we were lucky to work under good weather. It made everything smooth to work for the sweet couple, Vijay and Shawn. There was a small incident... their limo didn't come because of some reasons. However, everything turned out ok, and Vijay arrived on time.

Joseph is our new assistant. This wedding was his first assignment and he did a great job. We are happy to see our team growing.

Raymond
www.raymondleung.ca

Makeup Artist: Total Image by Susan
Ceremony & Reception: Brock House Restaurant



















This is Joseph's photo










This is Joseph's photo












This is Joseph's photo


This is Joesph's photo

Scarlet + Ringo Wedding - 10.10.2009

The reason why Scarlet & Ringo chose their big day on October 10th is that it means "10 out of 10". Yes, it was a sweet & perfect day. We had great sunshine during our photo session. This time, I worked with Brian only. I seldom shot without Jessie. However, Jessie and Joseph joined me again in another wedding on the next day.

My cough was fixed by drinking some weird tasted Chinese medicine in the night before. However, it came back after shooting Sunday's wedding.

Raymond
www.raymondleung.ca

Ceremony: Killarney Park Mennonite Brethren Church









This is Brian's photo




This one is Brian's photo

Europe

After series of wedding shoots, Jessie and I took a break to Europe. We went to a lot of places and we enjoyed it a lot. Our first stop was Amsterdam and then Brussels, Cologne, Heidelberg, Lucerne, Venice, Florence, Rome, Vatican, Pisa, Monte Carlo, Nice, Paris, and London. We brought back about 100 GB video and photo files. It will be a time consuming job to sort them into folders.

The best part of the trip was visiting museums in France. The drawings from many years ago gave us a lot of inspiration. Actually, we are still using their concept of posing and lighting nowadays. We were lucky to have the local museum guide, Fung, to explain the details of the art works. Fung used to work for France navy force. After his retirement, he became a museum guide.

We had awesome meals in Europe. The appetizer of our french dinner at Paris was huge. We barely finished all dishes. A piece of pizza in Italy was 3 Euro but it was well made. I had my birthday celebration in Rome but the birthday cake was very sweet (Unforgettable).

The only thing I don't like is most of the places in Europe charged 20 to 50 cents for using their public washrooms. In Venice, the fee is 1 Euro (CAD$1.60). That's crazy.

We finally had a quiet and romantic night at the roof-top pub of a Lucerne's hotel. I'm so happy that we had this break before October's wedding shoots.

Raymond
http://www.raymondleung.ca/

Amsterdam's Wooden shoes factory


Canal Cruise in Amsterdam


Diamond cutting factory


Cologne Cathedral










German Pork Shank


Lion Monument at Lucerne Switzerland


Beautiful evening in Lucerne Switzerland


Roof-Top pub of our hotel in Lucerne Switzerland


Our Venice water taxi driver


Venice gondola tour


We had a singer and a musician on board




Rome


My birthday cake


Trevi Fountain in Rome


St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican


Pisa Tower


Monte Carlo


French snails @ Nice


Eiffel Tower in Paris


We saw the sweet couple On Eiffel Tower


Another pair




Arc de Triomphe


Good food again...


View from river (night cruise at Paris)


France Versailles Palace






I didn't expect Mona Lisa was placed at the middle of the huge bullet-proof glass at Louvre.


British Museum in London