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So I was in New York attending a wedding in May. On the early drive back for my parents to drop me off at Buffalo airport to go to Orlando, I received a message on my iPhone. It was from the LiveProfile app I downloaded. It was a message from Rodalyn. I’ve known her for a couple years now through church. She has a twin sister. When I was younger, I could never tell them apart. But now I can! Lol. Anyway, she sent me a message through LiveProfile at 6:05am! Good thing I was awake for this message. I took a screenshot:

This message definitely kept me awake the whole ride to Buffalo airport and the few hours flight to Orlando. And good thing I didn’t delete the app yet. I was debating if I should delete it – probably 2 weeks before.

So, I shot their engagement early in the morning! But they’re awesome for agreeing to do their engagement session early!

Rodalyn was telling me how Ron proposed to her. I love hearing proposal stories! They’re romantic, unique, or funny (in a good way – like romantic comedy good). It was during their hike in Niagara Falls. He created an album filled with photos of them together and in the end was a photo of the engagement ring in the box and by the time Rodalyn reached that page Ron was already kneeling.

She actually took a while to answer him, but not because she didn’t want to, but because she was happy, excited, and speechless! Ron had to remind her that he’s waiting for an answer, “So….?”. Of course she said “Yes!”. Tears of joy ran down her face and couldn’t wait to tell her family.

Pretty cool how Ron used photos. I love it when couples appreciates photos and images, it makes me want to do so much more for them!

Their wedding is set for next year! I’m excited! *Click image for more!*

You two are adorable! To give you an idea how early we got there, here is a series.

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This session was taken during the summer at Humber Bay Bridge. This might be one of my favourite places to shoot engagement just because of it’s versatile environment. Cathy and Chris are the sweetest couple! And also troopers! We met up for their engagement session at 7am! I want to thank Lucas for introducing me to them, because I’ve also gained 2 new friends! – yeah they invite me to BBQs. Who doesn’t love summer BBQs? And we both love this Korean drama. lol. Oh and did I mention they’re wedding is this weekend?

Enjoy! *Click image for more images*

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07.31.2011 | Dam Hoi Engagement

After getting together with Jenn and Darrin for the 3rd time, I was sold on their personality. They are very down-to-earth . They also know about social media . I learned a few things about Twitter and how to make use of it more often.

Interesting facts about these two lovebirds: they met through basketball, they had a long distance relationship and they only saw each other once a month sometimes once every 2 months, they love trying out new things, and they are awesome!

Anyway, their Dam Hoi engagement (traditional Vietnamese engagement ceremony) took place in Brantford at Jenn’s parents’ house. It was a very intimate event with all their close friends and family. It was a casual type of event. But had its formalities. Gorgeous day for a gorgeous event.

Jenn wore a beautiful custom traditional Vietnamese dress. The lavender colour was perfect for her skin tone. Darrin looked dashing in his suit! The tea ceremony for this Dam Hoi engagement was unique. They poured Remy Martin into the tea pot instead of tea! Jenn says,

“We basically used liquor instead of tea because it signifies a celebration.  And what better way then to celebrate with some alcohol? haha.”

It was definitely suitable for the intimate event.

For their portraits, we went around her neighbourhood to the train tracks. For the second location, Jenn was determined to find the barn that her older sister went to take her engagement portraits a few years ago. The original barn we looked for was no longer there, however, we did see a better and gorgeous location with a barn . Jenn went in and asked the tenants if we would be able to take some photos in front and around their barn. They gladly agreed! The timing and the weather was just right. Then add in the 2 subjects in the photo, it was picture-perfect!

Check out my favourites! Click the photo to see more . Thanks to Andrew for shooting with me at this event!

Photographed by | Therese de Jesus | ARTIESE Photography
Vietnamese dress | Custom
Dress | French Connection
Shoes | Manolo Blahnik
Associate Photographer | Andrew Ho

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07.31.2011

A little sneak peek from today’s (technically yesterday but its 2am ) Dam Hoi engagement in Brantford with an amazing couple .

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I got to meet Alexandra through my friend Nicole. I knew Nicole from a fun photoshoot we did way back. So, Nicole messages me on Facebook telling me that she’s looking for a wedding photographer. Initially, I thought she was getting married, but she was actually helping her friend look for a wedding photographer for her wedding next year. Then, I received an email from Alexandra wanting to meet with me before she left for her vacation to Seoul, Korea. We chatted about the details of her wedding and her plans on her trip to Seoul, Korea, oh and the whole K-pop there. Lol.

Alexandra and Chris have a long distance relationship and they made it work. They both went to University of Toronto – Chris and Alexandra studied Biology. Right now, Chris is in med school in Michigan. He comes to Toronto to visit once in a while. I actually first met him during this engagement shoot. Chris was in Toronto for a week starting the weekend I came back from Orlando. I had to take advantage of this time to shoot their engagement session. They are so kind and sweet. Adorable together!

Such a good-looking couple.

Can’t wait to shoot their wedding next year in May at The Eagle’s Nest Golf Club.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

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So the weather here in Toronto is finally warming up. You know what that means! More shoots outdoors with the floral and breathtaking scenery.

So last week, I tagged along to shoot Joanna and Terence’s engagement session in downtown Toronto, since I will be helping Joee shoot their wedding at Liberty Grand next month. I can’t wait! Because this will also be the first time I work with Michael Y Wong, well other than from this engagement session. They look so cute together! They’ve been together since high school, aww “high school sweethearts“.

It was a gorgeous afternoon when we started out at Humber Bay Bridge. We strolled through the mini park while the sky dipped colours into the horizon, from the pastel orange to cool blue. Joanna and Terence are too sweet and too kind for words. When I first met them during this engagement session I was immediately greeted with a big smile. They’re such a fun couple and I’m excited for their wedding!

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“I’m Yours”

I met Erica through work back when I just finished high school. She is the nicest and sweetest person you will ever meet! She would usually tell us about her now fiancé, Cole. This was actually my first time meeting Cole, since he’s a pilot based out of Atlanta, so I never had a chance to see or meet him- he is very sweet and loyal to Erica! They are gorgeous and perfect for each other! We spent the morning together in downtown Toronto. It was chilly but Erica and Cole toughened it out, troopers! I had Heidi accompany me on this shoot as she will also be shooting with me next year on their wedding. I can’t wait to photograph their wedding next year in February at Niagara on the Lake.

Hope you had a great weekend!

P.S. So I couldn’t wait to post them on Friday this week…

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TGIF!

I had fun with Belle and Rob when I shot their engagement photos at Edwards Gardens for their upcoming wedding in June! Here is a quick peek before I head out the door, because it’s Friday! I will post more this weekend! {UPDATE} posted more images! Can’t wait to see them next week!

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Beejay and MaryAnne asked me to take their engagement photos since they didn’t have any before their wedding, August 30, 2009. So, I went on and did their sketches for the engagement photoshoot and had planned where to go as well, Milliken Park. I was happy that it was a nice day that day. They’re so sweet!