Category Archives: 04. Lifestyle

Lifestyle photography by Bay Area lifestyle photographer Shang Chen Photography, serving Northern California, San Francisco

Dale and Rami’s Love Story | Chicago Couples Lifestyle Photography

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Dale and Rami’s love story came to my inbox at the right time – Dale is actually a classmate of mine! Dale and Rami met their freshman year at William and Mary. They quickly kindled a friendship and a relationship from there. After college, they had a year of long distance while Rami traveled around...

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Allyson and Steve’s Love Story | A Chicago Union Station Session

I love a good love story. Sometimes, I’m moved to photograph a good love story, just because. I picked a few select couples in Chicago whose stories and career passions represented values that I’d always held dear in life, and throughout the next couple of months they’ll serve as people with whom I’ll either warm...

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Blair and Josh, After Session at the Arnold Arboretum

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Due to our super-busy schedules, Blair and Josh (you can read about their Young Isreal wedding here) never got to have an engagement session done with me. However, we did have time to meet up later in the summer for a relaxed, sun-drenched post-wedding shoot! We chose the Arnold Arboretum for its beautiful grounds and...

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Two babies and a dog

While I was working and traveling in San Francisco earlier this month, I swung by Wendy and Aiden’s to photograph their two children, E and E! Wendy is the older sister of Tammy, one of my dear friends in life and in photography. Tammy missed the birth of the second E literally by hours, otherwise...

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Katherine and Will, an Anniversary Shoot

As part of the training I’m providing my intern, I took her out on a shoot with Katherine and Will. Some photography instructors bring in models. I never use models, I always use real couples, because face it, the majority of wedding clients are not models. Katherine and Will are personal friends of mine –...

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