katamari

原帖由 Alcoholic 於 2008-4-14 23:51 發表
乜妳地頂得順妳老公做007/男兒當自強/MIB角色來接新娘咩? 我就唔得喇，所以我搵左第二間公司影.... i think it's called fairy tale production.

as for wedding pictures, we used HEE, and we are 120% super satis ...

Hahaha...bailey's really famous in using 男兒當自強 for more than 10 years, that's his signature! I saw Fairytale productions and HEE at the wedding fair this year, so I've seen HEE's albums and photos, my comment is awesome but don't expect paying cheap for higher end stuff. Fairytale is good I've seen their trailers at the wedding show, but not like photography, not too many works can be seen at the booth so I am not sure how consistent they are. Alcoholic, I bet you must be spending a lot on your wedding!

FYI if you would like to contact them I have their web
Hee Creations www.hee.ca
Fairytale www.fairytaleproductions.ca

Catpiano

To tell you the true is ..   

Biggest problem .. after spend all the money on taping .. dvding ..  etc ..

After all .. NO ONE will watch it la..  

My wedding's dvd .. only the brigemaid watched it ..  not even my parents ..  my parents in law ..   not even myself and my wife!!  lol ..  I dont even know where I put them to now .. and $2K was spent ..   so .. what for ?

Take more pictures .. at least .. people will see them..

tsumorichisato

I like his work www.vividmotion.net/. I have seen my friend's video. It's very touching and romantic!!! Amazing footage and editing but the price is steep (at least comparing to the price in 2007)

I like HEE's portfolio but my friend's real wedding pic done by them is just so-so.

Maybe it's better that we know your preference of  video/photography first??

Alcoholic

beatrice,
to be honest, HEE is a bit pricy, especially for us Chinese people. my package (with one really nice photo album, over 800 shots, 10 hr day, 2 dvd of all pics on file) was $3000 approx, which, as i said, is pricy for "Chinese company". But again, i like their style: romantic, artistic, and "sweet" feeling... nothing "作裝" (aka bailey video style). it's a mixture of chinese/western style photography. the outcome is very elegant, & classy. hmm.... but because my hubby and i really like their style, we still think it's totally worth the price. my family, and even my coworkers (i took the album to work), they were all stunned.

I've been to wedding fairs (2 years) before i got married. I honestly don't like the Chinese "嫉" style. yet the western style is too "藝術" for me & my hubby. So that's why for our taste, i think HEE is the most suitable....combination of chinese/western style.

as for Videography, as i say, i used Fairytale Production. the style is touching & romantic. i don't want any 007/MIB joke in my wedding. my package with Fairytale was approx. $1600. it includes 2-3 DVD with cover, 2 videographers. my wedding banquet is western in a downtown hotel, and we did not have a "day-of projection slide show"....because my hubby and i also think it's pathetic to show childhood pictures & naked baby pictures to 200 people. Overall, we're satisfied. but there is room for improvement.... don't know how to explain. hehe.... but i would say we're very satisfied too.

katamari,
i would say i did spend alot on my wedding compared to the average chinese couples.
the big expenses on the list would be the following:
- 180 people banquet at the Pan Pacific Hotel $21K
- Hee photography $3000
- 2 wedding dresses (one is $1200, one is $3000. but i had no evening gowns)
- Wedding planner $2000 (i had to, because my friends are not responsible, reliable, dependable enough)
- FairyTale Productions $1600
- Wedding cake from Cupcakes $500
- Flowers $2000 (but my flowers were absolutely stunning. nothing like the 求其 flowers at a typical chinese wedding... it's light green orchids, peachy big roses, etc... on every table, all the "kum花", bouquet, and i had 2 large arrangements at the front of the aisle when i had my ceremony outside the hotel, on their poolside deck)
- wedding pictues in HK 羅浮宮 $4000 CAD

with other miscellaneous stuff my ENTIRE wedding was.... $70K CAD (including airfare going to HK to buy wedding stuff & take the hk wedding pics).

[ 本帖最後由 Alcoholic 於 2008-4-15 18:54 編輯 ]

beatrice

Waaa....Alcoholic so admire you have such a memorable wedding....I and my fiance do not have many many friends and therefore would like to keep our wedding simple.

At first we only prefer to have pictures taken by some good photography for keeping a good memory and showing to our kids.  However, both parents insist to have video tapping for showing their friends in HK.

Catpiano, I agree with you that the DVD may not worth so $$$ and effort but we agree to take it....just to make everyone happy

Concerning the style....of course no "007" or "懶好笑" gimmick, a mixture of chinese/western is certainly be my cup of tea.  Sweet, elegant, classy but not "娘爆", I will lobby my fiance to pay more $$$ to avoid being "007"

謝謝姊妹們的意見!!

Alcoholic

beatrice,
congratulations to you
you don't need to admire my wedding. as long as you're marrying the love of your life, your wedding will always be memorable no matter if it's a small or big wedding!

i wouldn't be too cheap for photos & videos. even if it's not much use in the future, at least if you do it, you won't regret right? so just try the best to keep everything into your budget lor...

Catpiano

21K for 180 people ? in Pacific ?

Pretty good wor .. so you probably dont drink wine as well la...

How many year ago ar ??

[ 本帖最後由 Catpiano 於 2008-4-15 22:02 編輯 ]

Alcoholic

原帖由 Catpiano 於 2008-4-15 09:54 PM 發表
21K for 180 people ?

How many year ago ar ??

2006 lor~
most of our guests are not alcoholic
and we gave the hotel a "max # of bottle" for each red and white wine to open anyways.
we don't want our pretty wedding to turn into an orgy of drunkies ya mah we've seen some out of hand drama @ some of my hubby's friend's wedding...

in terms of western style wedding, it's not THAT pricy wedding.
but being CHINESE having a wedding, i do agree that my wedding was splurging in some areas lor...

no method la, i really don't wanna dress in rainbow color 晚裝 & do a fashion show for my guests at a chinese dinner banquet. & i don't like the quality of food provided by chinese restaurants. most importantly, i don't like the 氣分 of having a chinese banquet. not romantic at all!!!! & it's like a show...not like sharing happiness.
the only people that we know that is chinese that had a banquet more expensive than ours was one of my hubby's friend. they had banquet @ Kirin Richmond Center. ding.... EACH guest have their own 盅仔翅，own 鮑魚， the appetizer cold plate had clams! works out to over $110 per head of guest! 唔值得囉。。。not including wine yet wor.... the taste of the food is okay. of course better than most chinese banquet restaurants la, 收得咁既價錢. but still, if you pay $110 to go eat sharkfin & abalone, you will expect the taste to be better. but you can't expect much when they're mass produce cooking right? and Richmond Kirin 個場地唔好. so many 柱, many tables don't have good view at all. actually, we barely saw the head table.

so, i rather have nice 西餐，好好睇睇, 氣分浪曼，酒店各調喇~ & i picked a choice of menu that is still suitable for 老人家 to eat. my 婆婆都話好食，清哂碟！for my 180 people, including wine, divided per head is $110 approx. my room had ocean view... including ceremony outdoors on their poolside deck, facing the ocean of North/West Vancouver.

好懷念結婚個日。。。hehe

[ 本帖最後由 Alcoholic 於 2008-4-15 22:34 編輯 ]

tsumorichisato

seriously now the chinese restaurants are charging like crazy.. my friend told me a very ordinary menu (will have to upgrade for sure) for a 2008 wedding is over 700CAD, it's not even Kirin or Shiang Garden I am talking about.

So I don't think western style wedding is considered to be pricey anymore. Keep things in mind that your venue will be classy, pictures will be nicer, atmosphere is romantic. No offense but the only thing that I don't like western style wedding is to serve with buffet. I don't find it classy and formal when the guests need to line up for their food. I just picked plated dinner w/ choice menu.

Alcoholic

原帖由 tsumorichisato 於 2008-4-15 10:34 PM 發表
seriously now the chinese restaurants are charging like crazy.. my friend told me a very ordinary menu (will have to upgrade for sure) for a 2008 wedding is over 700CAD, it's not even Kirin or Shiang  ...

really? chinese restaurants banquets jacked up the price to $700ish/table ar? OMG...

hehehe... i agree with you on the buffet part. my hubby 形容 buffet as "要老人家排隊拎兜派米"
at another one of my hubby's friend's wedding, they had buffet lunch at the Sutton Place hotel. the way that couple made each table of guest to get food was....not so good. they had a DRAW of table #'s. if your table get's drawn out first, you get to go first. 勁唔大睇囉。 besides, buffet, they don't refill enough. eventually, it's pretty empty, they stop bringing out more food, & eventually it's still 唔好睇。

so that's why i didn't choose buffet, i had plated dinner (guests chooses entree on their RSVP card). besides, buffet is not cheap either. just per head before wine is min $70!!!!
since i chose plated dinner, it made me do EXTRA work. not only i must confirm all attending guests, i had to confirm EACH guest's choice of entree. having to know what each person chose, i needed to make place-cards with some sort of color code so that the waiters know which entree to serve each guest. and i made all those by hand. cus if you give the hotel exact # of each plate ahead of time, it's not as expensive compared to letting the guests choose on the day of the wedding.

& since alot of elders don't eat beef, my choice for entree was either salmon, or chicken. but it was so 正~ the quality at the tasting session matched up to the quality on the day of my wedding. each plate was really a-la-minute. & the chicken was not 乾. the fish was not 猩. the flavor western 得黎，我亞婆亞嬤亞公都肯食，仲清碟。i was very surprised & satisfied. the dessert was so good too!

so overall, i was very satisfied with Pan Pacific in terms of service, location, decor, quality of food.

[ 本帖最後由 Alcoholic 於 2008-4-15 22:55 編輯 ]