About a year-and-a-half ago, I chose to work as a full-time photographer rather than going the corporate route. Initially, my income was cut by about 70% and nothing was certain. […]
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This is the second part of Benny & Helen’s photo session. The first part was a surprise proposal session at Gyeongbokgung Palace. You can view the post here: https://www.jeongyi.com/blog/bennys-proposal-pictures-in-seoul/. I […]
Benny contacted me for his surprise proposal pictures in Korea. The plan was for me to pretend to be a tour guide trying to increase his business by taking pictures […]
Laura contacted me all the way back in March 2014 to inquire about an engagement session. She was in Canada at the time and her fiance, Taeju, was planning the […]
Erin contacted me for her one year anniversary pictures. We scheduled a date for the session, but things got complicated when her husband, Nathan, was informed that there was going […]
I’m usually reluctant to do photography at Korean weddings because they tend to be quite impersonal. If you’ve been to Korean weddings, you probably know what I mean. It’s also […]
Olivia contacted me about outdoor pre-wedding pictures in Seoul in the summer of 2013. She was a Korean Air stewardess at the time (based in Indonesia), and her fiancé Patrick […]
Last Christmas I ran a promotion and gave away a free couple portrait session to a lucky couple. The winner was supposed to be determined by a lucky drawing, but […]
Aileen & Mark contacted me to take their outdoor pre-wedding pictures in Seoul. They wanted to take pre-wedding pictures with the autumn leaves in Korea. I think autumn is one […]
First things first – these aren’t really pre-wedding pictures because Cornel & Anneke were already married when I took these, but it just sounds weird to put “post-wedding pictures”. If […]
Katty contacted me for engagement pictures and we used KakaoTalk to talk about different ideas. After sending a ton of messages back and forth, we finally decided on going to […]
It’s rare that the guy will contact me for the engagement pictures, but in Alvin & Gladys’ case, Alvin did all the communicating. I’m not sure if he was just […]
This is the second part of Rasyidah & Firwan’s winter engagement pictures in Korea. The first part was taken outside at Namsangol Hanok Village. You can view that post here. […]
Rasyidah wanted to take romantic winter engagement pictures in Korea. Well, I guess I can’t call them engagement pictures because she’s already married to her talented musician husband, Firwan.I suggested […]
Ronnie contacted me for honeymoon pictures in Seoul and I suggested setting up a Skype call to discuss my style of photography. A lot of couples will just communicate over […]
When I decided to transition from being a full-time worker to part-time worker in order to spend more time pursuing photography, it was a huge financial risk. Yes, my income […]
This is part 2 of Rachel & Robert’s photo session. We did these pre-wedding pictures at Yongsan Family Park. A park worker almost kicked us out, but he suddenly went […]
Rachel & Robert won one of my photography sessions from the Jubilee auction. After three cancellations, we were finally able to get the pictures done. It was well worth the […]
Joanne came to Korea to visit her fiance who is stationed in Osan and she contacted me about doing their engagement pictures in Korea. We planned the engagement during the […]
Jammie & Etienne have a similar story to my wife and I – they survived a long distance relationship and got married. They contacted me about doing some post-wedding pictures […]