The newlyweds pose in Paris (left). Photo provided to Shanghai Star

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"The guard said he personally understood our mission, but that couples were not allowed to touch in public. So we took some photos in which the couple were not touching. They posed intimately in the desert where there were only wild camels looking on," Zhao recalls.

The photos' effect was not compromised, however, and it showed respect for local culture.

Happy clients become their friends and return to them for anniversary and newborn photos. A couple, the husband from Sweden and wife from Shanghai, were so satisfied with their pre-wedding photos taken at the Bund that they invited Zhao and Wang to Sweden for their wedding-day photos.

At the husband's hometown, a coastal town near Goteborg where there were no more than 300 inhabitants in the winter, they witnessed the most romantic wedding in their life. "After the church ceremony, a carriage was hired by the groom to take the newlyweds parading around the town—it was a surprise gift for the bride. We followed the carriage to take photos. It created a sensation in the small town. Everyone came out of their house and cheered and gave them their best wishes," Wang recalls.

They did not stop their shutters until 2 am, when the wildly dancing guests told them to stop taking photos and join the dance.

There are moments of danger, too. Last year in Switzerland, they had to carry their 30-kg equipment up the snowy mountain to capture the most spectacular views. Wang was pregnant at that time but the couple was totally unaware of it. Fortunately she gave birth to a healthy daughter, who is now three months old.

Zhao and Wang were college classmates but the two barely spoke with each other in school. Wang was outgoing and cheerful while Zhao was a cool boy. After graduation, they worked in the same company and found they had much in common.

They tied the knot in 2009 and soon started their own photography studio. Fate finally brought them together, even closer than they had expected.