During the pandemic, I had the pleasure of working with the Michas family directly after they took custody of their son, Nolan. We had a wonderful session that culminated in us playing with pinecones for quite some time and Nolan taking me for a walk through Changdeokgung like he owned the place. When I got an email saying they’d be back in Seoul for a short time, I changed a flight back from working with another client so I could […]
Sometimes, you just have to roll with what the kids are up for at a family session. This is especially true with post-custody sessions for adopted children. Introducing them to yet another new person and expecting them to do what you want at that time can be a stretch! On days like this, we let things play out as they will. Amy had let me know prior to the session that she was expecting Rowen to be somewhat hesitant with […]
In the leadup to this photo shoot, I got a question I get from so many parents of young children. I was told that the little lady was typically shy or grumpy around new people and could take quite some time to warm up. Would one hour be sufficient, I was asked. I answered the same way I always do, one hour is plenty! Typically, it only takes a couple of minutes to warm kids up as I always keep […]
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 […]