As I look back on 2021, I’m pretty hopeful for 2022 to be a year of recovery and refresh… and not just for me, but also for you too. I’m not really sure what’s planned for my future but I guess I’ll just have to keep trying and doing things until I find another superfluous circumstance to carry me for the next while. In the meanwhile, I’ll keep a camera on hand, right next to my professional drone and a block of cheese.
Read MoreI haven’t posted in a while. It’s been a long time. It was just a few days ago that the fireworks happening in all parts of the world as we all collectively rung in the new year of 2022… and with a new year comes new opportunities. As I sat down and looked at some of my old photos and old posts from a while ago, I thought to myself that it was finally time to start to come back again and turn back on the pilot light that was my photography passion. You see, COVID really put a damper on that.
Read MoreI do feel quite sad to have made this decision but I think it was time. Things were just not going in the direction that I was hoping and I had poured a lot of time and resources in trying to make it work. You can only knock on the door for so long before you have to try another one. That being said, I am excited for the new direction that I will be going in. I realize that time is precious and also limited so it’s best to spend it doing what you love.
Read MoreOne of the great things about documenting weddings is the opportunity to get to know friends and family of the bride and groom that I never would have met in other circumstances. In 2018, I documented Alex and Vania's wedding in Yaletown. In 2019, I received a message from someone named "Hae-In" who asked about my wedding availability. At first I was like "who is this?" but I later found out that she was at the wedding of Alex and Vania the year before. After further chatting, I found out she was Alex's sister! Unknowingly to me, in 2018 I was already documenting her.
Read MoreJeremy and Natasha's wedding story is a story of resilience and love in the time of unforeseen circumstances. The original wedding was planned for 2018 but there was a sudden turn in Jeremy's health. I recall going to the hospital and visiting Jeremy and I saw that Natasha was there while Jeremy lay unconscious. She held his hand and kept talking to him despite everything that was going on. She would be there for hours and weeks on end.
Read MoreIt’s been 7 years since I started the Documenting Chinatown personal photography project and it has grown into a much bigger thing than I had ever anticipated. I made friends, I ventured into new places and tried new things … and got to document it all through the power of photography.
And in the end, I made a book!
Read MoreThe time has come!
I took many years but finally I’m releasing my first Chinatown Book “I Was Lured Into A Tea Shop”, encompassing the early parts of my Documenting Chinatown Project. Life changes, busy schedules and something called a pandemic had me put this on the backburner for a bit but it was always my intention to document Chinatown for the sake of making a book.
Cows go moo, ducks go quack, peacocks go “???”. These are some of the things we learned as we took a trip to Maplewood Farms in North Vancouver.
Read MoreWith Summer having arrived, it was the perfect time to make a trip to a fruit farm and pick some fruits as it was fruit harvesting season. Despite the heat, we had a lot more fun than we thought we would.
Read MoreWith BC starting to go into Phase 3 of COVID19 response, a lot more people are taking this time to get out of their houses/apartment-units and looking for places to go. With Summer having arrived, a lot of people are heading to the beach. Having been inside since March, that was definitely where we wanted to go. We wanted a beach that was far enough away to (possibly) get away from the busy beaches… so we found ourselves at Centennial Beach.
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