In 2021, I first worked with the Yan Family just as they took custody of their daughter, Bomi. Not only was this the height of the pandemic and the middle of winter, but it was an extremely emotional time for the family. We met up for coffee a day before the session to slowly introduce yet another new person to the young lady ahead of our photoshoot. Slowly, I managed to get her to peer around her pram at me […]
I first met the Tooze family after their second adoption several years back and was thrilled to hear that they’d be visiting Seoul again. We had avoided the parks during their last visit as they were barren during the winter, opting instead for city streets. However, this time, the family would be here in summer, the perfect time for some family photos in Yeouido Park and on the riverside. We kicked off our session in the gorgeous greens of early […]
Autumn in Seoul is a beautiful time for a photo shoot. The cool weather and changing leaves (as well as the gorgeous sunlight when it is there!) make late October and early November the best time of year for autumn family photos. As with all season changes here in Korea, the weather can be somewhat unpredictable. But it’s still the nicest time of year to get out and about. Seoul’s parks, like Olympic Park featured here, are a beautiful place […]
Gyeongbokgung, Seoul’s number one tourist stop, sees thousands upon thousands of visitors a day and can get particularly chaotic at the prettiest times of year. Peter and Jenny’s trip was right in the middle of one such time and his chosen location within the palace was one of the hotspots for tourists to stop by and appreciate the beauty of Korea’s royal architecture in amongst nature. As with all my sessions at Gyeongbokgung, we scheduled this one for opening time. […]
One of the joys of being an event photographer here in Korea is the sheer variety of work that comes my way and the different people I get to work with. The team at Daesung Networks were a great example of this. They had brought together their teams from Korea and Singapore for a promotional lunch with the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise team in attendance and a room full of Korean chefs to sample the finest lamb New Zealand […]
Today’s proposal story is one of those ones that truly represents Seoul and the need to be flexible with changing conditions. Seoul threw everything it could at us to ensure the lead-up to this was filled with surprises. Living here, I’m quite used to things going sideways at the last minute, but I can imagine that there must have been moments when Cleon was a little worried about the outcome! But, before we get into that, let’s go back to […]
Thanks for joining me in the third portion of my Year in Review series for 2024. In this post, we’ll look at quite a few of my sessions from July to September as the weather finally cooled down and we began heading into autumn. July – Proposal, Family, and Commercial Photographer July is one of the hottest, wettest, and most humid months in Seoul, but any rain we have tends to wash the trees clean of the hot summer […]
Welcome back to my 2024 Year in Review series. In this post, we’ll be taking a look at some of my sessions from spring and early summer. If you’re visiting at this time of year, it should give you a good idea of what to expect from the weather here. Most years, it’s one of the nicest times of year as the weather is warm and the light is beautiful. April – Family, Proposal, and Event Photography April is […]
What a wild ride 2024 has been. It started out relatively slowly as our winter usually does, allowing us a little time to breathe and perhaps even take a personal trip somewhere before the year really winds up. In this first installment of my Year in Review series, we’ll take a look at a few of those shoots as well as some of my personal work from that time. As a few shoots from this time are still under embargo […]
Ismael had a clear idea of how he wanted to propose to Melissa when he reached out to me. He knew he wanted a beautiful view of the Han River and of Seoul, the city where they would spend most of their time in Korea. Melissa was absolutely in love with Korean dramas and the romanticism they portray, so he wanted to include those aspects as well. A live musician and some nice flowers were prerequisites for him, as well. […]