BaoVi & John’s Destination Wedding at Intercontinental Danang in Vietnam
Here we go fellas, it’s time to see the good stuff.
Now I was desperately looking forward to BaoVi & John’s wedding throughout last year, and I’m not actually sure whether I’ve shaken the excitement quite yet.
This wedding was BONKERS from start to finish and totally deserving of several spaces at the top of my portfolio. BaoVi and John firstly had a very traditional Vietnamese ceremony back at the family home in Saigon along with their very close relatives. Thankfully, I had done a little homework and knew exactly what was going on to ensure I was in the right place at the right time.
As a UK wedding photographer in the South West, it was such a cool experience (definitely not temperature-wise) watching these guys get hitched in front of their closest family and with so many cultural traditions. Also, have you seen how dope their outfits are?!
Scroll to the bottom of the gallery below to see the traditional Vietnamese ceremony and take a look at the Together Journal’s feature!
A few days later, we all went on a jolly up to Da Nang for the western styled wedding at the incredible Intercontinental Sun Peninsula. This resort is mind-blowing. One of the very rare times where a recce of a venue was absolutely necessary.
We kicked things off in BaoVi’s not-so-little villa, where she was getting ready and slipping herself into a beautiful Hacchic Couture dress. John had been kicked out of his own villa and plonked in one of his friend’s a good 10 minute buggy ride away.
The ceremony was out on the beautiful veranda overlooking the South China Sea as the late afternoon sun was dropping behind the mountains. The sun wasn’t quite in the right place but we made it work, and it left us with this beautifully soft pastel light to embrace. The Planners absolutely smashed it putting everything together and decking the place out in plenty of subtle flower decorations!
As we were desperately running out of daylight—BaoVi, John, myself and Han (the videographer) went on a jolly down to the cliff top to catch the sunset over the ocean. This was totally worth every ounce of effort and what we captured is genuinely some of my favourite work to date. Had to stop myself from FILLING my portfolio with this good stuff.
The rest of the night was just perfect, with incredible amounts of amazing food, sandwiched between some seriously tear-jerking speeches. Absolute carnage descended upon the dance floor, where many shapes were thrown right until late.
BaoVi & John, you guys did damn good.
wowow. i can’t say this enough but everytime, like EVERY.SINGLE.TIME, we look at the photos, we fall in love with them even more. thank you for being a part of our big day!
Ahhhh I’m SO happy you guys love them <3
Beautiful ! Amazing use of light – would love to shoot a wedding in Vietnam !
Thanks Soven! Pretty mad place to shoot, good thing I brought my short sleeve shirt along!
Stunning set of images, love your lighting during the speeches.
This is excellent work. Your ability with highlight and shade is brilliant. portraits with depth and feeling, documentary work is spot on.. A pleasure to look through.
WOW, what a stunning set of images, a great collection of creative images, a real pleasure to view these. Can’t wait to see your future work.
Just stunning work. What a fabulous wedding well documented. Perfect!
Lovely ideas and I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article and I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well.
Looks like everyone had an amazing time – it looks so eventful!
Cool place to photograph a wedding. Love the atmosphere and their style. Great work!
What a wedding. It starts with them being so serious (probably stress) but then they bloom and smile, thankfully! Superb story shows the true nature of a wedding
Stylishly done, great photography from start to finish
Great use of light and some beautiful portraits. Great work!
I never knew too much about Vietnam, but after seeing this gorgeous destination wedding, it’s now on my list! You’ve documented their day in such a stunning way!
Dang these are suave as heck! Such a gorgeous destination wedding and it looked like an amazing experience.
One of the best Vietnamese weddings yet. I love your candid and documentary approach to your style. You fucking rock, bud.
This is such a sweet and beautiful wedding you captured in Vietnam. Also, can I just say – your photography images are so dynamic and creative, it was amazing to see how you saw the details of the day through your lens.
These are just timeless! So many stunning moments…..captured to cherish for lifetime.
Wow what a beautiful wedding and this makes me want to go to Vietnam some day! So amazing!
I love all of the emotion you captured at this wedding!
Wow, you’ve captured their day so beautifully. It feels like I was there! Incredible photos and it looks like it was an amazing celebration.
Vietnam looks beautiful through your pictures. The landscape, the location, the culture, the traditional costumes, you did a great job, what a beautiful destination wedding! 🙂
Cheers,
Cedric.
Wow, what a story and what an amazing gallery! It really shows you “did your homework” as you say, the moments captured are just spot on. Nailed it!
Have you ever had a moment where you see a set of images and you wish you had been the one to shoot them? Because it’s happening to me right now!
Oh my gosh, chills. The way you captured this so beautifully and told their story – incredible.
The emotions in these photographs! I absolutely love your style of editing. It’s different, deliberate, and focuses on what’s important. I especially love the black and white shots! You did a phenomenal job with this wedding!
Seriously these are everything and i am obsessed to the max! Vietnam looks amazing
These are so gorgeous! I need to go back to Vietnam ASAP!