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Granbois Family Photographer Seoul

A Day in the Life of the Grandbois Family – Seoul, Korea

My Day in the Life sessions are an honour each and every time to photograph. For the most part, I am working with adoptive families on this session to produce a story of their first moments as a family, but working with the Grandbois family was an entirely different dynamic. Kathryn and Matt were only in Seoul for a short time for a short work contract, and wanted a more documentary style of their lives while they were here. It […]

Sharp Family Photographer - Seoul

2015 Year in Review – Part 4 – Korea Photographer

I know… it’s February, and I’m just getting to this! Truth is, I’ve been hard at work re-organising my back-up system to make things more efficient this year. It also means that I have easy access to statistics about my work from the year, and can get to images a lot more easily. So, let’s start with those stats… in 2015, I shot approximately 130,000 images in 159 sessions. These total just over 4 terabytes in size. I’m looking forward […]

Jeonju, Korea - Pre Wedding Photographer

2015 Year in Review – Part 3 – Korea Photographer

Welcome to the third installment of my year in review here. With MERS in full swing here in Korea, and travel warnings popping up everywhere, we had a quieter than usual summer here. But it did give some space for more personal work, and respite before the end of year rush. After a couple of international trips in June, it was great to start July back in Seoul with a local expat family. With the trees finally in their full […]

Monk - Mrauk U Travel Photographer

2015 Year in Review – Part 2 – Seoul Photographer

From April 1st it was full steam ahead here in Seoul. The second quarter of the year could not have been more different from the few months of personal work and travel that began the year. This quarter was filled with family sessions, editorial, a few pre-wedding sessions, and even a road-trip around Korea to say goodbye to my good friend Andy Faulk. But let’s get started. My very first session for this quarter was with the Visingard family as […]

Musician - Seoul Photographer

2015 Year in Review – Part 1 – Seoul Photographer

The end of the year is here again, and with it the time to catch up on everything that hasn’t been done, and the chance to reflect on the year to date. This is one of my favourite parts of the year, because I get to look back and take a look at what I have achieved, how far I have come, and what I still have to learn. Each year I have the privilege of working with some amazing […]

Lucy’s Little Brother – Family Photographer

Almost exactly three years ago, I met with Brian and Lisa as they travelled to Seoul to meet the newest member of their family, Lucy. The sweet, reserved little girl we met then has since grown into a sweet,  outgoing little girl, and I was absolutely beside myself when I got a message from Brian saying they were traveling again to adopt another new member of the family, Henry. Lisa and Brian invited me into their family again to document […]

Family Photographer in Seoul - Cooper

Cooper Family Portraits – Seoul

It was their last two weeks in Korea when Katherine reached out to see if I had any availability. She and Tony had moved here with their adorable, and extremely energetic, children. However, time was up here, and they would be moving to the United States for a time. May is a month where I always recommend booking well in advance, as it is one of the busiest months of the year here in Seoul. However, we managed to schedule […]

A Short Time with the Wales Family – Seoul Photographer

Levi was just one month old when Amy and Alex reached out to book a family session with me. They knew the cherry blossoms were coming, and wanted to make sure they got a session booked. Cherry blossoms, being the fickle things they are, prevent us from booking anything firm in advance. But we kept in touch and organised our session date the week before the trees were scheduled to be in full bloom. The day before our session, we […]

Korea Pre-Wedding Photographer

Sherlyn and Yao – Seoul Pre-Wedding Photographer

Sherlyn contacted me from Singapore back in March enquiring about doing a short pre-wedding shoot during her visit to Seoul. She and Yao, unbeknownst to me, have been shooting a series of photographs with different teams and photographers in the lead-up to their 2016 wedding. Much of this can be seen on Sherlyn’s wedding blog. They would only be here for a short time during the busiest month of the year, but we managed to schedule in a couple of […]

Seoul Photographer

Danielle and Todd – Seoul Photographer

Danielle and Todd had been talking with me for quite some time about doing a session together. Every time we met, we’d add a little to the discussion until we were ready to plan the shoot. Although they’ve been married for some time, Danielle and Todd wanted something to take home with them when they eventually leave Korea. Our session would take us through all their favourite parts of life in Korea, a good coffee shop, Deoksugung, the Han River, […]