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Dear Fans: I’m Taking A Sabbatical
Though I deeply enjoy sharing and teaching workshops, I have decided to take a break from them in the coming year. Photography is something that I have passionately and tirelessly worked on over the past couple years, and it has reached the point where I need to refocus on “Why” I do photography. Recent soul-searching […]
December 21, 2015
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Surreal Stormchasing Portraits
“Can you imagine how complicated it would be to plan a shoot whilst chasing a storm??” “Coordinating models, building sets & designing lighting – all without knowing where the shoot would take place, while storms zip by at who knows how many miles per hour? It would be an absolute nightmare and impossible to pull off without funding! We […]
November 11, 2015
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A Fantastical Maternity Photoshoot – For Charity
Giving back is something that I’ve always advocated, because I believe that it gives life both meaning and purpose. In the case of photography, I typically do that by means of teaching, writing these blog posts, and occasionally shipping myself into boxes to surprise sick fans. About a year ago, I did something different. I flew over […]
September 20, 2015
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42 Megapixels of Garbage
TLDR: The A7r-ii is an amazing camera, the lens that I had was defective. The 42MP A7r-ii has got to be one of the most anticipated camera systems in the history of cameras – and for good reason. Over the years, I’ve had the chance to play with all sorts of camera systems, from cheap Point & […]
August 24, 2015
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Final Workshop: Giving Away A Spot (incl Airfare)
Photography workshops are fantastic experiences – something about being on a set, as opposed to being stuck facing a computer screen – makes the experience that much more relatable. To me, being able to give back to the community while putting faces to the names that comment and email me has always been an absolutely […]
July 25, 2015
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Wacom's "Create More" Campaign ft. Von Wong
I have always hated sharing PSD files. Not because I’m scared someone will steal my secrets, but because I’ve always believed that it made people focus on reproducing an image, rather than creating something new. Wacom though, had a completely different vision: They believed that giving out tutorials and resources freely to other creatives would encourage and foster growth among […]
July 16, 2015
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Portrait of a Cormorant Fisherman 30m Underwater
A couple months ago, Ballantine‘s approached me with the most amazing assignment ever: “We love what you do and want to support you as part of our Stay True campaign. Is there anything you’d like to do that you’ve never done before?” To receive such complete freedom from a client is almost unheard of – […]
June 28, 2015
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When nothing goes as planned: Do it anyways
I like to do epic things, in exotic locations with amazing people – quite often on a zero budget, fuelled by nothing more than passion. As a result, things rarely… if ever, go 100% smoothly and according to plan. Over time, I have learnt that to be a good photographer you need to be an […]
May 21, 2015
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Hey Mom! I'm on Tee Vee!
In 2009, I told a friend: “Mark my words! Before the age of 30, I’m going to be in a reality TV show!” At the time, I was only being half serious, but in September at 27 years old, I received an email from asian reality show Supermodel Me asking if I would be interested […]
April 6, 2015
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Hellgirl and Hurricane Von Wong – A first person POV
You know that feeling when your stomach fills with concrete and the whole world slips a little left? That was my experience in September 2013 when I was unexpectedly laid off. Six months later, I would feel it fiftyfold—from the rooftop edge of a 40-story building. A habitual reader and career editor, I’m much more at […]
March 13, 2015
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How I Photographed Superheroes On The Edge Of A Skyscraper
Every child has dreamed of being a superhero It’s a fantasy we’ve all had at some point. We imagine ourselves standing on the edge of a building, overlooking the city, hair blowing in the wind. As we get older, we stop dreaming. We stop believing that anything is possible because we’ve seen too much of what […]
February 21, 2015
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How to make a viral fundraiser
Earlier this year, I made a video that went viral. This video — created to help fund a cure for a complex degenerative brain disease that 4-year-old Eliza O’Neill and thousands of others suffer from — took a flagging GoFundMe campaign that had only managed to raise $96,000 over 9 months and helped it to […]
January 27, 2015
