China’s booming pre-wedding photo industry
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Business for pre-wedding photo companies in China is booming. Couples spend up to US$500,000 on portraits to display on their big day.
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Please keep it there... Don't want my future wife getting anymore expensive ideas with how expensive weddings already are around here.
You are hilarious.
Hahahaha so truee
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Your future wife shouldn't bother requesting for these sorts of things if you or she can't afford it
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Isn't this normal? My parents married more than 20+ years ago and their photos were pre-taken. Heck, all the people at least in their 50s and older I know, had their marriage photos pre-taken.
In such kind of different location and setting? With so many people assisting you whole day,??
Well...The point of this video...Chinese are obssess with taking pre nuptial photos to the extreme.lol
yeah，that's pretty normal in China.
hasnt it always been like this??? all the weddings ive been to have pre-taken wedding photos to display at the reception??
Facebook and Instagram caused this kind of competition among friends and family 🙄
Agree!
That could be a valid point...but China doesn’t even have Instagram 😑
@@RedrosePhoenixSophiaFLi They use Weibo or WeChat Moments feature.
George Martinus Yeah, that’s true
Many people I know take pre-taken pictures to show at the wedding or to keep memories.
Everyone saying it’s a waste of money same could be said for everything.. it’s a cute idea and clearly there is a audience for this. I think this would do well in United States as well.
poor people stop worrying how they like to spend their money lol
Right lol the amount of hate for this is so weird I think the idea is cute I wouldn’t spend 500000 though but I’m sure that’s for the very wealthy
@@tommycastro9424 it's poor people being jealous. These people can afford the photos and travelling around the world at the same time so why not both lol
$500,000 for photo ok bye!🙄
M Sk they probably meant yuan
M Sk Learn to read dumb dumb , its "exotic" location, not inside their studio, exotic location cna be expensive as the couples have to travel an dbring the photographer with them
@@samy_bouzaglo That won't cost $500,000 anyway. People aren't that dumb as you think.
It’s not a single photo
With that amount spent on “pre wedding” photos...their marriage better last a life time.
$500,000?! Too rich for me. Time to Photoshop myself in front of a high definition wallpaper
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How ridiculous can some people get?
Its considered normal among the elites.. and that is not just in China. In Indonesia is also like that.
this has always existed.... I been there when I was little to make photo albums with my sister
I'm amazed to see that beautiful studio. Very well decorated.
Spend so much money for something that not "really" gives impact to daily lives ahead... is somehow ridiculous.
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Imagine... after shoot n get the album photos, how often u n partner will see the album in the future? The first view would be once they get it. The "fresh from oven" hype is actually not last longer, not even a day. After that, they will just keep the album on shelf. Bet me this album would only be seen again when both get old or.... just when they do cleaning for the whole house.
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Bet me they will ask for the digital file to post it in their own social media. They boast it to relatives, of course they got rights to be proud but it will just for moments until other friends do the same but more lavish.
This is so cute. Pre wedding shoots are becoming popular among wedding photographers lately. It helps the bride and groom feel their best by being photographed so beautifully.
I love this, but won't spend $500,000 on it tho.
Poor people really need to stop criticizing rich people. So what they got money. U don’t know how rich some Chinese people are they r hella rich
The point was fine until I reread it again.
Zhin it was supposed to be kinda joking. I don’t k what part was not fine?
Proposal, engagement, pre wed , bachelor's party n wedding ceremony...after that baby shower plus anniversary❤
If you hv the budget...why not?
Wait a minute. Wasn't this normal? You think other than China don't have this or what?
Pre-wedding pictures are quite normal in many places around the world but China takes it to another level. This video doesn't really show much. I used to live in the city of Xiamen next to the beach and I'd often see 20-30 couples at once on a small piece of beach getting pictures taken. So much so that some couples would have a bunch of other couples in the background of their pictures only for them to be photoshopped out later.
For us its more about the memories rather than the money itself.. money can be earn back but memories should be made for that special moment
Photoshop: am I a joke to you?
Stunningly gorgeous!
I think it's s great idea, making the build up to the wedding magical which is how it should be.
20 years ago pre-wedding photos cost something like 20 RMB, nowadays the cheapest set will cost you 10k+ RMB, 40-50k is not unusual
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the title and the video was that one TikTok wedding photographer.
Loan some money for pre wed, sell kidney for the party, divorce within a month.
I want a simple Japanese Shinto shrine wedding on a bright sunny day 😊
I was working for a pre wedding photo company in China 3 years back. Just to understand this new trend. I felt quite sad on how fake this all is. It’s just another addiction to spend money on. Later gets divorced and do it all over again. While poor people go hungry around the world. There r better ways to spend money. My Chinese wife saw this too and rejected this idea the moment we decided to get married 2 years ago.
To say the truth, if it was my wedding, I would spend the same amount of money to take these pictures too. It's a once in a lifetime thing.
Does the place have an Instagram account
Wow $500,000 is just ridiculous for wedding pics. You can buy few cars or a nice home with that amount. Smart people would not invest in this, my cousin went to Italy and used an old film camera 📷 to take her pics and turned out amazing just like professional shoot.
I mean its their money if they had enough to get it, whats the problem..
It's not for everyone. I consider it waste of time and money. Rather spend it travel across the world on the honeymoon 😂
i'll just take a selfie with my husband wow
Yep, definetly some in Cambodia. I recognize those ruins, it's Angkor Wat.
Nice indoor photo booth
I wanna do this! Where and what is the company name?
Meg Amor where are you based? There are many such companies around the world
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In Indonesia this is normal and everyone will do it. Whose picture will be hang on the wedding venue if it's not the couple (who took the pre-wed picts)? The rich couple here could fly themselves, 1 photographer and assitant, 1 make up artist to Japan/Europe just for pre-wedding shoots.
Meanwhile in indonesia is so common we spend at least $1000 - $ 10.000 or more for prewedding photoshoot..
Friend of mine spent approx $120,000 for their prewed.. and they went around the world as well for that with axioo.
Pao Pao Yes indonesian wedding industry much bigger than western. For wedding itself we usually spend more than $100.000. $100.000 this is very common number, sometimes its catagorized as a bit low-average wedding budget. 😴😴
@@thepz22 indeed ma'am. For the elites, spending $100,000-$200,000 is quite common for a wedding. Its abit scary, but hey that is the market now. And the price usually go up about 20%-25% per year. I spent only around $22,000 on my wedding in 2012. It was a small private garden party fit for 500 pax @setiabudi. We prefer to save the rest of the money for our future needs, than spent it all for a 1 night glamorous party. But you also have to realise that most newlyweds that spent $100,000-$200,000 on their wedding night, they were using their parents's money and not their own. Which makes them they have nothing to loose anyway.. But I guess that is the trend now in Indonesia.
NGL, when I find my Mr Right I dream about taking a photo like this and also having a traditional ceremony too
I would rather pre-take my wedding photos to up my anticipation.
Pre wedding photos are very popular in Asia, not just China... and it’s already so way before instagram even created.
Welp looks beautiful. I'd love to take photos like that
This has been going on for a long time. You should instead report how Chinese wedding sometimes look like a movie each with its own theme. Not your usual walk down the aisle thing anymore.
Imagine when they go production tech.. green back screen and anything they want on photo shop
I wonder if those couples would still pay for that setup if there is no social media platform for them to share the photos
Ridiculous
.what a waste of time and money.. I would prefer to donate it!!!!!
Not a waste! Photographers earn descent money from those rich people.
You are still donating when you pay, to fund people who work in this industry who in turn uses those money to raise their families.
@@kalakaritasansar9636 well thats life!!!
@@zilun well thats life money money money mskes The world go round
I agree that this is too much. However everybody has its own opinion. This only happened once in a life and I think this is still better than "eating gold culture" in west which happened just for raising the prestige. Moreover these people probably donate more money that you do, so don't judge people easily.
Same is happening in India..
Meanwhile ma dude working at the iphone factory 16 hours aday to afford an 45 minute photo session.
ide yg menarikk
Hong Kong is a great place for your honeymoon..
@TK Baha troll much? The video just said they pay up to 500k... Hk is not that expensive.
I would do this instead of wedding photos. I don’t like big weddings and would have a private ceremony with me and my husband and a cheap reception with close friends and family. At least this way there’s some pictures when you have idea like mine
Possible for SCMP to post videos like this rather than the Hong Kong protest??? I really enjoy seeing how Chinese people enjoying themselves with the prewedding. So cool.
Great photoshoot idea, but won't spend my money for this.... my sister take many pre-wedding photoshoot with very beautiful scenery but it ends at corner, from almost a hundred of photos only one hanging at home, so what's the point? 😒
It can be done do it yourself. Jst be created and resourceful.
Getting married isnt a competition of who can be the best looking couple in exaggerated photos.
Lol. They are just doing this after seeing IG photos using VPN. China catching up on normal trends and still say they hate Western Lifestyle 😂😂😂
I didn’t see any of this on lsd. But I just one tab. Not sure the dose is for one tab or whatever. I’m not a pro at these kinds of drugs. I just don’t want people thinking that you see this off a small dose. A small dose though is still powerful. It’s like I had the truth to everything and understood what time was and trees. Idk. And hallways seemed really long and everything had a glow of colors around it. It mainly changes your perception of reality without the crazy visuals. From my own experience.
Waste of money, after a while the photo album would probably be collecting dust somewhere.
the same i tell my girl
It is much better to spend money on wars as USA~no waste:p
Not that I support such expense but this is normal among any asia country and they willing to do so because wedding is something asia people only commit when they truly want it. Not like western where they can have kids without marriage, divorce is always an option while here is a big no no. Stop getting pressed just because you see marriage as a maybe
That Red-Bull electrical worker can have his wedding photo shoot after working for 33 years. That is, if he doesn't eat or pay rent for those years.
Seems like a pretty big waste of money to me tbh.
If one is not ultra wealthy, yes it is but for the super rich 500K is nothing. I can think of 500 things to do with $500K wow!
I think I'd just do those wedding photos rather than the wedding itself...😋
China is like "new money" on steroids.
We'll just take a selfie and end it there.
USD 500,000 for prenup shoot?? Oh my...
This is nothing new in China
So much hollowness!
All West-Africans take pre-wedding photos before the wedding. This isn't new. 1st pre-wedding photo I ever saw was my Aunty's in 1994.
Wow they spend over $500k for pre wedding pictures, can’t imagine how much they’ll spend for their ACTUAL wedding pics. Or, if they break up lol dumb idea.
Weirdos stuck in that social life way too much
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I like fairies flying all over.. And singing.. With tinker bells. 🎶🔔🎶🎵🎐
Wonder how much the divorce will cost
I hope it will not end up in divorce
That's a way to make something special worth less and generic.
plot twist: one of the couples break up after the shoot
Wooow!! So cool. I will do it too in the future. 😍😁
Isn't this just like an engagement photo?
Pre-wedding shoots are a more formal set up. They wear evening gowns, wedding dresses and tuxes. Engagement shoots are casual and the location may have special meaning to the couple.
Ummm I don't see anything special here. Vietnamese people always do this before their wedding....
Next take photos in everyday clothes, no makeup.
34 billion 😌😌
singaporean be like: aiya liddat leh
Bro this is normal... and I can say this because I'm not rich and even we do this.
Not to the extremity of chinese though.
I'm so poor 😂😂😂😂
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But the man shouldn't see her wedding dress before she walks up the isle on wedding day.
Samantha Peters my brother & sister-in-law had this pre-wedding photoshoots 7 years ago & they had several outfit changes not to mention various sets but none feature the actual wedding dress used in the wedding. All in all they had 7 outfits & sets for their pre-wedding album.
And just like that marriage got more expensive.
Bully's wedding
Note to the husbands in this video. Your wife gives zero about you, she only considers you because you were able to pay for this photo shoot and the wedding out of pocket
Yes you are right. Your father also shouldn't marry your mother. Then you wouldn't be born. One sexist idiot would be less in this world. That would be fine.
wait.....u mean this ISN’T a thing????
Extra af
all those poor husbands with big bank loans.
guess they're playing catch up... did this for my wedding back in 2016, and even then, it wasn't a new thing
Sorry to burst your bubble, these things have been going on for decades and decades. My parents got theirs done too
Money waste ideas, what if after pre wedding expensive photo shoot a wedding never happens,or a failed wedding,
Sanan ghias then don’t plan a wedding if you aren’t certain you want to
cozmic0 my wedding doesnt depends on prewedding photo shoot materialistic money waste ideas,this money could hav been used in charity purpose rather than unnecessary show off,so grow up
And when they get divorce?
Bye bye $500, 000
Superficial BS
oof theres only two comments
This have been done for ages and everywhere...nothing new