KL wedding
A Chinese Wedding at the St. Regis Kuala Lumpur
Photographing through the candles and flowers creates layers.
By Jon Low
A lot of weddings in Malaysia are hosted in the St. Regis when one part of the union is not from around town.
This one started in a hotel room, and ended in the ballroom.
In this story
01
Leaving the room
02
The tea ceremony
03
Through the table
04
Cake cutting
05
The one on the wall
01
Leaving the room
It’s the moment where the groom is leaving the room. The groom getting ready in the morning, before leaving the parents to fetch the bride.
02
The tea ceremony
At the tea ceremony the bride and groom present tea, and the frame is almost similar at every tea presented.
For this one, the person laughing is the father of the bride. We’ve got one camera pointed to the bride, and another capturing the dad’s reaction.
03
Through the table
Photographing through the candles and flowers creates layers. Foreground makes the composition more interesting, as though the photograph is not posed, but a documentary. It adds narrative to the photo.
04
Cake cutting
That’s the moment where they are on stage, cake cutting. They are just being them.
05
The one on the wall
The one that goes on the wall, and I’ve printed to exhibit, is the one where they were seated at the Astor room, with the reflection, where the bride leans on the groom.
Here is why we photograph the full day of a Chinese wedding in Kuala Lumpur.
