Pre-Wedding Photos

A close friend of mine (LMM) is getting married in Hong Kong in December. Since we’ll be making our way to HK, we have decided to do three things there for our own wedding: 1) take pre-wedding photos, 2) purchase wedding favors and 3) print our invitation. Personally I think the Chinese market is more creative with a wider selection of wedding ideas in many respect, so we might as well take the opportunity while we are there.

I looked into doing pre-wedding photos in Vancouver, but it seems less common in the western world. Usually photos are taken the day of the wedding only. I am not entirely satisfied with the studios that provide the service to do pre-wedding photos due to limited locations, only a few sets of clothing, and the number of shots that are included in the package.

After talking to several friends on the topic, they recommended to look into China because there are many pretty outdoor locations to choose from. Many studios in HK can arrange photo shoot in China. I’m not sure whether these HK studios send you to their subsidiaries in China or someone from the HK office will travel with you to China to shoot the photos. At first, I was very skeptical about the quality of the shots and the skill of the photographers. Judging by the samples on the websites, the shots look great. I know the studios must put their best shots online and sometimes photos can be deceiving. But who doesn’t do that to showcase their business?

The studio assigns three employees to follow your pre-wedding photo shoot: a photographer, an assistant and a makeup artist. Generally, the studio provides 5-7 dresses along with accessories and makeup for the bride; the groom has about 4-6 attires; 1 set of personal clothing is expected at the photo shoot. The package includes a combination of outdoor and indoor locations. There are many outdoor locations to choose from, some require additional admission fees. Indoor studio photo shoot has lots of themes to choose from too. Most packages include 200-300 shots, 1-2 canvas, a bunch of printed images, several albums and frames in different sizes, small crystal ornaments, and a CD with ALL of your shots. The thing I care the most is getting ALL of our images, aside from that everything else is just additional to our expectation. The more you pay, the more you get!

Queen Class – has both HK and Shenzhen offices. Out of the many outdoor locations the studio offers, there are two places that we find very beautiful.

Fei Cua Hu (Da Ling Zhen)













Xiao Ju Zhai (Shenzhen)









Futu Vision – office located in Shenzhen. Also, we are interested in two outdoor locations the studio offers.

Evergreen Resort (Shenzhen)













Yang Mei Keng (Shenzhen)














We are still unsure if we will take the pre-wedding photos in China, it all depends on the weather and if time permits. Until then we will continue to look for other studios in Vancouver as our fall back plan.