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AUTUMN WEDDING: Tae & Sarah’s Wedding

January 25, 2015 by Sam Luong

A photo shoot for my family friends whom I’ve known for almost twenty years. It was also my first wedding photo shoot. The actual photographers were kind enough to let me photograph Tae and Sarah while they were posing for their professional shoots. It was a fun autumn day nonetheless. Oct. 18, 2014

Categories: MY PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO, What is Toronto? • Tags: chinese wedding, chinese wedding in toronto, church, church and god, family friends, family photography, korean wedding, markham reception, markham wedding, people and places, photo shoot, portrait photography, portraiture, posing people, toronto food, toronto wedding reception, wedding photo shoot, wedding reception in markham

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