Hello,
Serena Liu (@serena.nef) is a dentist and lifestyle/portrait photographer based in the Canadian Prairies. She calls Calgary, Alberta home but also has deep roots in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Serena frequents in digital and film photography and provides services in fashion, portraiture, wedding, elopements, families, and lifestyle photography. Her work is described as crisp, clean and calculated. Creating authentic, beautiful imagery with the intention of making her clients feel wonderful and preserving their most special memories is Serena’s goal.
Serena has built a diverse portfolio working with many international agencies and magazines including Milk Models, Northside Mag, Charles Stuart Models, Confetti Mag, Stray Model Management, Belle Bridal Magazine, ICON Models and more.
How did you get into photography?
I always loved visual arts growing up but it wasn’t until I was in high school that I started to dabble into photography. I started with photo manipulation with Gimp and Photoshop in my high school photography classes. I was lucky enough to have a high school which had a dark room so we developed and processed our own film and prints. I started my real, first gig in 2011 photographing a small wedding and my friend’s friend’s high school graduation. I started sharing my photographs online on Flickr, DailyBooth and Tumblr— people seemed to like them so I did more research on how to better myself and took lots and lots of photos to practice.
A couple years later, I found my real niche in portrait work and loved it a lot. I focused my energy on bettering my skills in portrait work and then a few years after fell in love with capturing authentic love stories of people in love.
