By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Tracy and I had always been jealous of our friends’ pre-wedding photos taken in Taiwan, Vietnam, or China. Asian countries have entire streets dedicated to just photography studios and cost about a quarter of what photo studios here charge. We came up with multiple reasons to visit Taiwan again […]
Local photographer aims to build life’s mementos for his customers
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly One photo that Alex Shiu took on a Florida cruise landed him in Turks and Caicos for another wedding photo shoot. Shiu — who has been working in photography for 18 years — has traveled to exotic places like Hawaii, Mexico, Jamaica, and Japan to capture couples and families […]
Cherry Chau brings out brides’ inner beauty
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly From serving customers in the air as a flight attendant in Hong Kong, to staring at a computer screen all day as a graphic designer in Seattle, Cherry Chau decided she needed a new career that she would be passionate about: helping people look beautiful. Because she missed working […]
Top 7 wedding surprises
By John Liu NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Surprise! I’m married! I know most readers are still in shock. Actually I have been married for over a month now. There were a number of surprises during our wedding planning. Here are my top 7 wedding surprises: 1. Ceremony, reception, reception, oh my! Tracy and I used two […]