This August coming up, I’ll be the lucky photographer for this gorgeous couple’s wedding. I did the engagement shoot last October in picturesque Beacon Hill.
Categories: Engagement, Wedding • Tags: bc, beacon hil park, engagement, photographer, photography, victoria, wedding
This is not a ordinary love story. This is not boy meets girl, fall in love, get married and make babies stories. This is about youth, passion, rebellion and bravery. She cross the ocean to meet him for the first time just because she wanted to break free from her traditional Chinese Family. She desired a baby not a boyfriend nor a husband. There she got it and raise her up on her own. Then strangely and beautifully they fell […]
Categories: Big Day, Uncategorized, Wedding • Tags: bc, britishi columbia, Chinese, dallas road, mile o, photographer, photography, victoria, wedding
When he met her, he was 19. When she met him, She was 23. He had a Afro then. She looked like a China Doll Now they finally tied the knot and I was lucky to be there for them. Here are some shots from the two day long engagement session. They are so adorable, insist not showing their engagement shots until the big day! They are such a unique couple who are both really particular about things. So glad […]
Categories: Engagement • Tags: beach, engagement, forest, love, photography, retro, Shanghai, sunset, vancouver, victoria, wedding, woods
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but looking in the same direction together.” It’s so true in this amazing couple. Both left home at a young age to pursue higher education overseas. Both returned to their hometown in China as young entrepreneurs devoted to the Childhood Education. When two souls have the same passion and drive towards a common goal, an intense bond forms within months…. How do I know so much about them? Let’s be honest […]
Categories: Big Day, Wedding • Tags: bc, canada, love, photographer, photography, portrait, Shanghai, victoria, wedding
Ahua’s mom putting on red wedding shoes for her. She is now on her own to start a brand new life. The tale of the Shanghai wedding continues…. 2 and 1/2 Months prior to chinese wedding 1. Chinese Wedding Invitation Preparation Some are cutesy like the one on the right with the traditional feel to it. Most wedding invitation has a red background considering red is the color or happiness and luck in our culture. If you are not […]
Categories: Big Day, Wedding • Tags: bride, Chinese, love, photography, portrait, retro, Shanghai, timeline, traditional, vintage, wedding
People sometimes ask me what a Chinese wedding is like? Do they wear traditional red dresses ? Do they see each other on the wedding day before the wedding? Let me tell you from my 2012 experiences 🙂 Yes this year I went to 7 weddings, 6 of them took place back home in Shanghai, China and 3 of them I was lucky enough to be a brides maid. I guess this is what happens when you are a single […]
Categories: Big Day, Wedding • Tags: bride, Chinese wedding, photography, traditional
Categories: Engagement, Wedding • Tags: bc, couple, engagement, girl, photographer, photography, portrait, victoria, wedding, white dress
People were waiting. Yet the moment of solitude freezes time. Doris peaked out of the window into the brightness. Future is uncertain but promising. To be in the same room with my good friend at this very moment is so special. Just like 10 years ago we left home and step onto this foreign land together. You, my friend has found the happiness of your own
Categories: Big Day, Wedding • Tags: bc, black and white, diy wedding, ottawa, photographer, photography, retro, victoria, wedding
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