Patrick and Lisa were visiting during the hottest and most humid month of the year, August. During these months, there’s nothing quite like the cooling ocean breeze. So, I was happy to hear that they’d been watching “When Life Gives You Tangerines” and wanted a view of the ocean on Jeju for this shoot. Initially, Patrick asked about the Yongmeori Coast on southwest Jeju, but I quickly suggested that it’s not a great place for a proposal. The rocks there […]
Here, we’ll explore some rainy spring family photos with the Tans. Spring in Seoul is quite an unpredictable season. Firstly, there’s the changing temperature and the cold-snap that often comes with it (fun fact, in Korea they call this “Winter is Jealous of the Flowers”). Then there are the fleeting flowers. And, as we’ll explore today, the spring rains. Rain doesn’t tend to be heavy at this time of year, but frequent showers help the trees grow their leaves back […]
When it comes to Seoul’s palaces, the heavy-hitters of Gyeongbokgung and Changdeokgung see the most foot traffic and also find themselves chosen as a locations for family photos more often than the others. But, there are a few more palaces that make for wonderful settings, as well. So, in the next few posts here, we’ll explore those, beginning in this post with Deoksugung. This is a much smaller palace that finds itself nestled between Seoul City Hall, The Plaza Hotel, […]
Cherry blossoms. Oh, cherry blossoms. These fleeting little blooms drive even the most stolid heart wild once a year. For the few days, maybe a week, that these little white beauties offer us their presence, the crowds descend and the world turns to chaos. Still, they have a drawing power that brings couples and families alike knocking at my door to capture themselves at this especially transient time of year. In this post, we’ll explore a session where the couple […]
Dozens of times a year, I get contacted for spring family photos in Seoul and I often have to share the same information. So, in this blog, I want to share what spring is like here in Seoul while sharing these fun photos of the lovely Geertsema tribe. We had a great session with these two wonderfully courteous young people who made our morning out together such a breeze! Spring here in Seoul roughly covers the months of March and […]
My wonderful morning out with the Whiting family began with, as so many sessions at that time of year do, a discussion about autumn leaves. Unfortunately, their dates wouldn’t coincide with the often very short autumn season in Seoul and we’d be making use of the last moments of the season. Never mind, though, there’s always a corner to be found that can bring the autumn to life. As is so common at this time of year, there was a […]
Early summer is a wonderful time for a photo shoot in Korea. From the end of May to most of the way through June, we are surrounded by fresh green tones of the new season, see very little rain, and have some of the nicest light of the summer months. On top of that, it’s not too hot and humid, yet! Andy had been looking into a few different parks for his proposal in Seoul when he reached out and […]
It was September when Boon first reached out to begin planning his proposal with me. While we were still in the throes of late summer and a long way from the icy temperatures of his visit in December, this was great as it gave us plenty of time to hash out some ideas and plan the shoot. He knew that they wanted to go out to the ski fields and experience snow on this trip, and had already done some […]
Sussan and her family got a fantastic winter day for their photoshoot. It’s not often we see snow in Seoul and even less often that it sticks around long enough for us to work with. On this day, though, we had the triple bonus of residual snow, overcast light, and positive temperatures! It really couldn’t have been better for a family from the sunburnt land! We kicked our session off with the classic “everyone looking at the camera” frame to […]
October – Proposal, Family, Commercial, and Event Photographer To start off October, I had a string of proposal photo shoots on Jeju Island. I made two trips down with for four different clients and had not only some of the nicest weather of the year, but some of the most heartfelt moments I’ve captured in a while. These were all beautiful proposals and I wish everyone the best with their futures. Kicking things off, Florian opted for a sunrise proposal […]