Welcome back to Part 2 of my 2025 Year in Review series. As the weather gets warmer, I found myself defrosting my fingers and winding up to the busiest times of year. This quarter saw me working with more than a dozen families, ten couples, and covering several corporate events. April – Family, Travel, Proposal, and Event Photography Throughout April, I had several upcoming shoots on Jeju Island and, not living there, I needed to get the lay of the […]
So, you’re coming up to that time in your life where you’re thinking, “I’m ready to commit to this person and build a life together”. I’ve been there and I know how much there is to consider when you’re looking to ask for a hand in marriage. Now, add to that the complexities of organsing the perfect location for this when considering making it happen overseas and wanting a beautiful document of it, as well. It’s quite a daunting task. […]
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 […]
Usually, around early April, Seoul finally begins to show a little colour after the long winter. Hints of green as well as the first flowers usually begin to show across the city in the last week of March and the first week of April. It was at this time that I met up with Miles and his family in Seoul Forest park for some spring family photos. Melanie had reached out just a month in advance and only had a […]
My discussion with Daniel started several months in advance of his proposal, which is a great time to start! We had plenty of time to toss ideas back and forth as well as work out the perfect date on his trip around other shoots I already had booked. As the discussion progressed, we went back and forth between locations such as Jeju Island, Seoul Forest Park, and Olympic Park. Eventually, Daniel settled on Gyeongbokgung to combine palace architecture with some […]
As we approach spring here in Korea, I wanted to share a beautiful proposal photo shoot in the canola fields of Jeju Island along with some additional information about what to expect at this time of year. It’s a beautiful time to visit and, of course, a wonderful time for a proposal! Springtime on Jeju Island is a very popular time for the locals as well as international tourists. It is the first place in Korea to begin changing back […]
Welcome one and all to my 2023 Year in Review. Carrying on the tradition of previous years, this will be a look at many of my activities as a photographer in Korea this year. In this first quarter, we started slowly as we always do. But, as the world started to defrost, the work began! I hope you’ll enjoy the mix of families, couples, events, and even travel photography in this first quarter. January – Family, Couple, eCommerce, and […]
This session is one of those ones that stays with you. Neah had reached out to me well before the family’s court date and we had tentatively planned to have a family photography session together following their custody day. With all the uncertainties surrounding custody and how Hayoon might be feeling as her situation changed so dramatically, Neah and Tai were understandably nervous about having a photoshoot so soon. We agreed to stay in touch and work something out as […]
This year has been a test for many people in many ways. The unprecedented level of restrictions we’ve had to put on our day-to-day lives to stay safe has required a lot of adjustment for many of us. As someone who photographs families for a living, this has certainly been an interesting year. Once the travel restrictions kicked in and it began to look like COVID-19 was here to stay, I had expected to be sitting tight for a few […]
Followers of this blog will know that I do a lot of work with the adoptive community here in Korea. Over the years, I’ve photographed approximately 300 families and I get a lot of questions about how these sessions go. In this post we’ll join the Osbeck family for their post-custody photos in Seoul. Many adoptive families come to me to make some images on one of their first few days as a forever family but it can be tough […]