Long story short, it would’ve taken a perfect storm of coincidences to make our meeting even a remote possibility. Well, my friends…that perfect storm did occur, and Sandra and Paul arrived all the way from Canada to do their engagement session with yours truly. And after some more scheduling magic, it appears Ben Lau Photography…
Category Archives: Engagement
When Celiday contacted me, you could hear soon-to-be-bride who had mentally prepared herself for the overwhelming amount of information she was (not) about to be receiving (not from me, anyway). I could heard her breathe a sigh of relief towards the end of our call, with some observational commentary that totally made my day :…
In the time I’ve been doing wedding photography, I’ve encountered all kinds of brides; they come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, personalities and levels of preparedness. Some even possess special abilities and magical items, like our friend Sandra here. Not only has she been one of the most thorough and prepared brides I’ve ever…
It never ceases to amaze me whenever I run into people whom I haven’t seen since high school, especially since I’ve moved over 300 miles away since then. But then again, the New York City area tends to be a popular destination for would-be transplants :). I (re)met Sandra and Drew early on in my…
On the morning of Jen and Jason’s engagement session, I praised my lucky stars because it was sunny outside without a cloud in the sky. I’d finally caught my lucky break. When I arrived at their place, I felt a slight mist falling onto my face. How could this be? How could it possibly rain…
Jen and Jason are pretty hard core runners (in fact, Jason is training for an Ironman event in the near future). But no training could ever get them to run fast enough from the bevy of bad luck I’ve been having with the weather these past four months. I mean, c’mon! Really? What are the…
One of the coolest things about having out-of-towners coming into New York City for my photo sessions is that it takes very little prodding to get these folks out at the crack o’ dawn. Granted, they start getting weary around lunchtime, but I can still get a few good hours of of them before they…
I was simply floored when Osk and Scott first contacted me to shoot this important milestone in their lives. At first glance, I thought the entire shtick was a hoax from some rival photographer in the city who wanted to know my rates (which by the way, is totally not top secret; people just need…
One of the caveats when working with friends is that they’re already aware of my dorkiness and corny humor, whereas some of my new clients are convinced that I’m just a very, very strange guy with a camera who talks way too much during photo sessions. Therefore my eccentricities go pretty much ignored/accepted from the…
Rowie and I both attended the same university, and even worked together briefly in the “awesome” world of financial services (and I use that term “awesome” VERY loosely). Though I had always known about Justin, we’ve never had many opportunities to cross paths…or so I thought. Come to find out, Justin and I used to…
