Capturing the essence of a wedding
Photographer Koko King, from hastingsandking.com and kokokingphotography.com, captured the wedding of models Annie Li and Dion Wang that’s showcased in the opening story of this issue. The striking, unconventional images and the expressive style of photography are unlike anything we have featured before in Ottawa Wedding Magazine. Koko gives us the details:
How do you describe this type of photography?
Our work sits at the intersection of fine art and editorial wedding photography, where every frame feels cinematic, intentional and timeless. It blends the emotional honesty of documentary storytelling with the polish and precision of fashion imagery.
What’s special about it?
What makes our work stand out is the duality; it’s artful yet real. We don’t just capture what a day looked like; you translate what it felt like. Film brings an organic softness, pastel tones and nostalgia that digital can’t fully replicate, while our direction ensures compositions are graceful, emotive and full of movement.
There’s also a signature intimacy in our photographs—an editorial eye balanced with an empathy for fleeting moments. It’s not about stiff poses; it’s about connection, touch, laughter and light, photographed as though it were a scene from a European romance film.
Why do people choose it for their wedding?
Couples who choose this style are drawn to its timelessness and emotion. They want their photos to feel like art—not just documentation. They often appreciate fashion, design, travel and esthetics and they care about how their story will feel decades later.
Our clients want imagery that looks as beautiful on a gallery wall as it does in an heirloom album—the kind of photographs that outlive trends and speak to who they truly were.
