Just came back from another Chinese wedding banquet at The Glamorous Restaurant in Manchester, off Oldham Road. Glamorous has become quite a popular destination for Chinese wedding banquets for the Chinese community in Greater Manchester, and it’s easy to see why. Combining good food, honest prices, enough room for around 400 guests and plenty of free parking, it’s no wonder it’s become so popular.

One aspect of wedding photography I enjoy the most has to be the chance to meet and work with all kinds of people, and every now and then, I’d come across a couple who are unfairly handsome and photogenic, such as the couple today. It was a real pleasure to photograph Ringo and Jo’s wedding banquet today. Jo as you can see, looks amazing in a glamorous Chinese style red dress.

Red, of course, is the colour of good luck in Chinese tradition, all brides will wear red in her wedding, guests will sign a guest sheet in red, and give gifts of money in red evelopes.

Whilst a traditional Chinese banquet is arguable not the most exciting event on the wedding day, as the name suggests, it’s all about food. Glorious food. Luckily Ringo and Jo were not too shy to inject some fun into the day with their posing ideas…

All in all, not a bad day of shooting for me…

Yours

Ray