Changwon Family Photo Shoot, Night Cherry Blossoms at Gyeonghwa Station

A night at Gyeonghwa Station (경화역), where red berries came before the cherry blossoms

Hi, I’m author S.
These are family photos with a cherry blossom backdrop, taken during the 2026 Jinhae Gunhangje Festival.
The parents and baby I photographed this time are repeat customers too. About 80% of my customers since I started shooting in Korea have been repeat customers, which I guess comes from working hard. This one was a night shoot, and it has a different feel from a daytime shoot.

Tra-la-la
As always, my photos lean strongly toward capturing things as they are rather than setting something up. That’s what people call a snap shoot.

The baby had visited a strawberry farm for a hands-on activity earlier that day.. and all he could think about was red, round things. So whenever he saw anything round, he kept calling it a red berry.

These are just.. the unlit lights around Gyeonghwa Station.. and the baby loved them. Again, no staging; I photograph them playing with the baby just as they are.

All those trees up there are cherry trees.
Maybe because he’s a boy, he had no interest in the flowers at all. It’s something I’ve naturally picked up from photographing babies all the time. Girls respond when they see flowers, but nine out of ten boys don’t respond to flowers at all. So I don’t go out of my way to emphasize the flowers. Just the playing. I focus on what they’re doing.

Still looking for red berries..
Wow.. This is the moment he spotted a small shrub with a fingernail-sized red berry about 10 meters away. Wow.. how did he even find it?

I thought he might take an interest in the cherry blossoms if he were up a little higher, so I put him on dad’s shoulders.. but he showed absolutely no interest in the flowers, not even 0.1 degrees ~_~;;
The main photos I’d planned to take were of him looking at the flowers.. but he wouldn’t even glance at them..
I mean, even when he was brought right up close to the flowers.. he acted as though they were invisible.. Boys are mostly like this.

Still looking for a balloon.. They’re on the way to buy one, but there aren’t any..

He’s gripping the red berry he wanted in both hands.
Would he take an interest in the flowers if we did an activity collecting nectar from cherry blossoms or something?

That’s not a hand heart, that’s a hand holding a berry ^_^
Of course the child has to be the star, so I asked them to switch seats.

I just.. photograph him playing and having fun like this. The cherry blossoms are only the background

I tried once more to focus on the flowers, but failed

More than the flowers.. there was a photo booth, and it had a red headband. He showed more interest in that..

He begged for cotton candy and got it.. but ah.. he suddenly lost interest..

He’s like someone refusing to accept a brand-new car, claiming it has a defect.
That rabbit-shaped cotton candy.. it’s expensive.. plain cotton candy is 5,000 KRW and the rabbit shape is 6,000 KRW..

It kind of.. feels like being at a local festival in Japan..

Well.. some of you worry about how I could possibly shoot in a crowded place..
You really don’t need to worry. I’m used to shooting in crowds.

The cotton candy that got rejected ended up being eaten entirely by dad alone.
I photograph moments like this too, so I can’t focus on eating. Sorry I couldn’t help..

There was a lone chair, so he ran over and sat in it.. well.. every little moment like this is a memory.

And suddenly, he’s off
When the baby runs.. I run too.
Stamina is the most important thing for a photographer anyway.

Jumping for the falling cherry blossoms..
The blossoms are here for everyone to enjoy, so I can’t knock any down either.. ;o;

That’s how it ended!
We never did get the balloon he wanted, but I was able to leave you with a lot of lovely photos. Wishing you always good health and happiness! See you next time 😀

A Changwon shoot is 250,000 KRW for 1 hour. You get 20 edited photos and 300 originals. For booking info and contact details, check the Sarangbi Snap page.