I love getting mail!! I also love photography, but more importantly is that I would love the opportunity to get to know more about you! Tell me about yourself and your other half. How do you imagine your wedding day to be? How do you want to remember your wedding?
Can't wait to hear from you!
My name is Kevin Fung and I am visual storyteller based in Toronto, Canada.
About five years ago, while I was working as an official shutterbug for the provincial government, I started photographing weddings on the weekends. While my day job had me covering election campaigns and even following foreign dignitaries around — including the emperor of Japan and the Queen of England (for real!) — it was my weekend work that I grew more and more passionate about. Today, weddings are my full-time job.
Most brides and grooms know there's a lot of preparation that goes into planning a wedding. For me, documenting your marriage doesn’t just start on your wedding day. I start by forging a relationship with my couples early on so by the time your big day comes along, I am no longer a stranger but a friend — someone you trust implicitly, who will put you at ease so you’re looking relaxed, comfortable and radiant.
I want my couples to know that when you work with me, the experience and the quality of the images are never mutually exclusive. When we meet, a connection needs to be established. Once you book me as your photographer, I become emotionally invested in you — it is this investment that gives me the ability to create a range of images — fun, beautiful, organic — that capture the essence of your relationship.
If this sounds like the experience you’re looking for, please feel free to contact me. I’d love to meet up for coffee!
I am currently going through a plethora of images that were created this past weekend for Jessica and Vince’s wedding. I pretty much knew which one I wanted to share initially….but when a particular came on the playlist, I chose to add one other image.
It was late Saturday evening, the dinner was done, the desserts, served. The late night snack of wings and beer was just starting when Vincent came on the microphone and asked that his wife Jessica join him on the dance floor for a special musical presentation. He sat her down on a chair in the middle of the dance floor, he then proceeded to get everyone…and I mean everyone to crowd around when he began singing Drake’s Fancy to her, the guests erupted cheering and waving, it was like a club!!
Congrats again Jessica and Vincent!! Thank you for entrusting myself and my team to document your special day.
Whoa…after processing and uploading the following photos of Carmen and Andrea’s beautiful wedding in Havana Cuba, I realized that there was soooo much that I wanted to share with you guys. I had to cull it down a few times already. So, allow me to apologize in advance for the sheer amount of eye candy to follow.
So what happens when mother nature decides to show up to your wedding and gifts you a downpour of rain on your wedding day? (I ask rhetorically) For Carmen and Andrea they did not let it bother them as they planned ahead and had contingencies in place. Sounds boring, yes, but I tell all my couples to always have a backup plan when it comes to weather as it’s simply something you can’t control! Now for the record, I must stress that it was not a drizzle or sun shower that we had…this was full on rain and heavy winds….don’t believe me? Check out this YouTube video I took.
When Lucy and I arrived at Carmen’s suite at the Parque Central in Havana, the bridesmaids were putting on the finishing touches to Carmen’s hair and make up. The room was kept nice and tidy, the large windows allowed a beautiful stream of light to fill the room and enveloppe Carmen’s Vera Wang White dress hanging nearby. This was definitely the focal point of the room.
As I was documenting Carmen’s prep, I noticed that the sun would pop out for a couple of minutes and be overshadowed by rain clouds, this continued for a while but Carmen did not fret. Her and Andrea decided to get married inside the hotel instead of the outdoor rooftop which was originally planned. With that taken care of, everything else was easy. Here are some I created while Carmen was getting ready.
Downstairs, a few floors below, Andrea was also getting ready. He was excited about the day and could not wait for it to get started. As his best man and father helped him prep anticipation was building. Not afraid to say it everyone, but Andrea is a pretty good looking guy and he looked pretty dapper donned in his Versace suit; he joked around about being James Bond, less the gadgets of course. Robin, his best man was also looking pretty spiffy in his grey suit with canary yellow accents that Carmen picked out.
Maybe it’s just me, but when I commit to creating an image, I have an emotional attachment it the moment I release the shutter. There are some moments that make you laugh, smile or just pretty to look at. The following images causes me to tear up a little (yeah..i said it!!) even as I am typing this. As a photographer, and a geek, I tend to focus on the technical aspects when looking at an image. However here, exposure, shutter speed, light and all that business fades away, there is nothing flashy about this image but the context tells it all. I recall focusing originally on Andrea’s mother congratulating Carmen, while in my peripheral, I saw Andrea’s father give his son a big hug with a big smile on his face. In a matter or seconds, his smile changed, he started to purse his lips and his eyes closed tight while still hugging his son while trying hard to hold back his tears. I shot a few frames as to not interrupt the moment. Seeing parents this emotional just pulls at my heart strings. These are just some of the moments that I live for and recognize while documenting a wedding.
So…back to the rain…as you can see, it was pouring quite hard and we learned that the vintage car that was booked had a feature that was overlooked….windows! Yup, this car had the look, the character and charisma, just not the windows to shield us from the rain. Hehehe. At one point, I held the umbrella outside the car while sitting inside to avoid more rain from coming in. After driving around looking for possible locations for the portraits, we came across Morro Castle/Fort. The rain subsided so we started shooting outside. Literally 2 minutes after taking this image, the rain came back for more so we scrambled to find shelter from the rain. Luckily, we came across an interesting tunnel and created a few of my favorite images there.
Before we left, the fort, the rain was gone but the clouds were there to stay. We took advantage of the situation and created some images of Carmen and Andrea in the cool car overlooking Havana.
When we arrived at the reception location, Lucy and I were shown our seats. At every seat, there was a small pocket notebook with our name on it. Curiously, I opened it up and it contained a very sweet and thoughtful hand written message from Carmen and Andrea. Thank you guys for having me experience and document your wedding.
Digital copy of the canvas my cousins gifted to my grandparents.
It was Christmas 2011. The last round of mah jong was played and long after being stuffed with turkey, pot roast and other fixings, my family gathered around the holiday tree for the traditional gift exchange. We each take a turn at grabbing something from the tree and unwrapping to uncover what goodies Santa (yes, Santa exists) had in store for us.
For me, some socks, PJs, magazines, gift cards and fresh produce to remind me to eat healthy…nice.
It was now my grandparents turn. It turns out that Santa (my cousins) created a collage of images on canvas of photos from the past and present. They loved it…we all loved it. Photos were from various times, which included when my grandparents got married, had my aunt and uncle, their travels, their first car, family events just to name a few.
“This has three generations of family all in one” said my grandfather as he smiled and pointed and recounted the moments in each other photos of the collage. This was a great gift.
In the off season, I try to make time to visit my grandparents here and there. In one recent visit, I found them both sitting on the couch, canvas in hand contemplating each image on the canvas as though they were reliving each moment.
It was such a precious moment. I ran out and had to grab my camera, as I was snapping away, I started reflecting and I was reminded that when it comes to families, there are very few things that are as precious as moments like this and the moments that were captured in that collage.
Happy Thursday everyone, thanks Felicia for sending me the digital file!
