Stephanie Koo Photography

Our first wedding in the far east in London, Ontario :)

I went to highschool with Emily and James is one of Jeff’s best friends from highschool. And here they are, soon to be getting married! Small world!! :)

LOTS more to come ;)

I honestly don’t know how to begin this post. I still feel like I’m in a dream, a very exciting dream that you never want to wake up from and I really have no idea how to express this excitement in words.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend one of my absolute favourite photographers in the world, Fer Juaristi‘s workshop (a.k.a. Fershop) here in Vancouver. I was actually supposed to attend his workshop in New York earlier last year but something came up and I sadly had to cancel it at the last minute. I was devastated.

Fer is a rockstar photographer based out of Mexico who’s now flying all over the world shooting weddings and giving lectures & workshops. I have been following his work for years with endless admiration and a tiny little bit of jealousy (ok, maybe a little more than a tiny little bit) and when the info for the Vancouver workshop was announced, I just had to book my seat without thinking twice, which got sold out within a few minutes.

Now, how should I review his workshop…Since yesterday, my vision is completely turned upside down. Fer has so dramatically changed the way I see light & shadows and interprete things I’m actually quite shocked at how one person can have such an impact on another.

Fer is one of the most genuine, warm hearted, funny and honest people I’ve ever met. He lives with so much passion for photography and finds inspiration and beauty even in somewhat odd and not so beautiful spaces, it made me look back on myself of having been lazy and negative at everything recently.

I most definitely recommend his workshops to whoever wishes to find a fresh dose of insiration. Fer will teach you everything and you’ll thank him forever for helping you see the world with new eyes. And yes he’ll also show you how the heck he creates all those amazing images that you were dying to know about.

–— Attending your workshop was one of the very best things I’ve done since I started my life as a photographer. I officially assign you as my hero AND role model lol! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart, Fer! (and special thanks to the beautiful couple, Hannah and Mike, and two freaking amazeballs Cole and Jakob from Nordica Photography for organizing the workshop! :)

My first attemp at applying Fer’s philosophy on seeing beauty in a different way. #FAIL. (Special thanks to poor Melia from Lucida Photography for modelling for me)