I was contacted by a friend of Crystal and Kai that was coming to Vancouver after their recent wedding in Asia. I always photograph my couples before the wedding, during the wedding, and after the wedding. Never was I invited to participate in doing some photos during their honeymoon! (*hint hint*) It was such a blast.
I think a premise is in order. Crystal is an actress/singer in Asia. I was told that she recently starred in the movie Forbidden Kingdom with Jackie Chan and Jet Li. (One of the movies I actually watched!) So being in the spotlight more often than not, she wanted some unique photos on each of their honeymoon destination. Something you couldn’t get anywhere else! At their Vancouver stop, they wanted something that ties the west coast roots with their photos. So we decided on an aboriginal theme to the whole shoot. We rented some very authentic costumes here in Vancouver with some awesome headgear! And headed for some westcoast mountain views and……. TOTEM POLES!
I had to do some homework for this shoot totally! I found some historic native indian portraits that were done and I tried to replicate them in some of the shots there. You’ll see most of them are in sepia and has a sense of grit and edginess in the male portraits. It was so fun and hard trying to do the serious looking shots. All in all, I think we got some really great shots. They really loved it!
Here’s what we got for the day:
Did I mention that I love lens flares? I caught this awesome one here!
This was so funny. See the shadow? That’s my head! I was trying to hide behind the seawall so that I’m not in the shot. With only my head peeking up, this well dressed dog gave me a weird look. There’s Tanya and Dustin on the top right.
I think Tanya is about the cry here…
SHE SAID YES!!
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