Well yesterday was a surprise. I was told that we were off to get the wedding photo's taken. So at 10am we arrived at the studio. Now having read I think it was Martin's blog I knew I was in for a long day. The place was quite flash all chrome and lights. We were led up to a dressing room, just loaded down with all kinds of outfits. the first change of clothes had MingZhi in light purple silk wedding dress and me, well I felt like a cross between a Colombian coke dealer and a 70's disco star. I won't describe my clothes other than to mention a pink shirt was involved. Then it was off to make up! This took the best part of 2 hours for Ming Zhi, hair ,make up ,flowers.jewelry to be chosen and about 10 mins for me to have a light coating of something put on and to have my hair brushed. Then it was off in front of the photographer for about 40 mins. You can imagine the routine hold hands, stand up , turn and smile ,sit down.
Round two saw Ming Zhi in a stunning red wedding dress and me with still a hint of disco fever but the pink shirt had been replaced with a black and red one, unfortunately feathers were involved. Then back in front of the lens.
The whole establishment seemed to be run by young ladies dressed in very short black skirts so the wait for the make up to be done was not as bad as it may sound.
Round three saw a change of style, luckily for me. It was a sort of 30's black and white movie image. With Ming Zhi in a fantastic red chongsam and me in a black Tang suit, Got to admit I did quite get into this bit. Yes after a couple more hour of make up back to the camera man.
Then for me it all went hideously wrong. Ming Zhi had decided that the last photo shoot would be in old style traditional clothes. Now Ming Zhi looked just as wonderful in this style as in every other, even with a very large blue hat on with gold tassels. As for me I always felt a kind of unease dressing in another countries national dress and absolutely ridiculous in a red silk "dress" with super long sleeves and the most ludicrous hat you could image. The wings on the side of it were so wide I had to walk through doorways side on, not to mention the blue batman ears on the top. How everyone in the place kept a straight face I will never know, especially when I had to sit in the window to have my trad make up done!
Only 9 hours latter and I was free to go. It was a good day but now we have to wait 10 days before we can collect the 80 photo's. One being about 5ftx3ft that she wants to hang on the living room wall............. I do hope it's not one of me in that hat!
This is all standard stuff for a Chinese wedding so get use to the idea because it will be you in the make up chair next!