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6 months ago I insulted this company, they made this amazing video of me in response.
I first met SmugMug, a photography-centric website platform, waltzing down the aisles of WPPI in March 2013. Ann and Katherine, two wonderful SmugMug reps actually recognized me as I bounced across the trade show and invited me to come check out their platform. At the time, SmugMug hadn’t yet upgraded to their new sleek and […]
April 27, 2014
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2013… is that really all I did?
I’ve been telling myself all week that I really had to begin focusing on writing that 2013 wrap-up blog, if not for the VonWonglings that have been loyally following me over the last couple years but for myself… Recaps are important, to take the time and figure out where you are in life, how things […]
April 27, 2014
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Nope, it's not photoshop. Can you guess how it's done?
Back in September of this year, I teamed up with costume designer Yvan Castonguay and set stylist Charlotte Grant to put together a series of image that would feature a young ballerina in a larger than life world, made up of the world around us. The result? Check it out below! Curious to know how […]
April 27, 2014
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If Arya and Sansa stark survive the next season, this is what I think they'll look like
Earlier this year, I teamed up with Dracolite and Les Ateliers Nemesis to get some very cool armour as well as some zombies to do a creative Game of Throne fan shoot – this time attempting to create an older Arya and Sansa Stark. I’ve always been a fan of Game of Thrones (hence the […]
April 27, 2014
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How to wirelessly tether your camera to Lightroom
Ever since I started doing large scale photoshoots, I’ve always looked for a solution to wirelessly tether to my computer. Tethered shooting is a pain because I tend to move around too much and trip over my cables bringing the entire shoot to an epic end. Wireless tethering was only a long-gone dream with the […]
April 27, 2014
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Bringing a dream to life
– Video by Julius Adarna and myself. Hear Nicole talk about the day in her own words – one of my favorite videos to date 🙂 In September, my agent Suzy Johnston received an unexpected email from a lovely lady by the name of Nicole. She had a request: To have a creative photoshoot done of […]
April 27, 2014
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4 days, fire, 3 million pounds of sport cars and a mansion in Manchester
Back at the end of March last year, I met a man by the name of Barry Van Elder at my Train to Create workshop. It turns out he was a huge fan of the fire work that DAS and myself had done over a year ago and that it had literally ignited a spark […]
April 27, 2014
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12 medieval wedding dresses, 1 day and loads of fun ft. Camranger, Pocketwizard & Cotton Carrier
Early September, la Boutique Dracolite hired me to shoot a catalogue of their 2014 medieval wedding dresses for the launch of their new website: veroniquelortie.ca. Dracolite asked me to prepare a quote for them, and I recommended that we capture 4-6 dresses – take the time to customize each shot – the right model, with […]
April 27, 2014
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What it's like directing the world's largest "Where is Waldo"
Earlier this year, Kamerakind spontaneously contacted me and hired me to play the role of Creative Director/coordinator in their 450 person “Where is Waldo…” project that would be taking place in Traunstein, Germany. Wanna see the final result? Play the game here! Find Waldo: http://traunstein-wimmelt.de/en/ Here’s a video of me, exhausted after the day attempting […]
April 27, 2014
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Take a break. It feels good.
I just came back from two weeks of vacation in Orlando, Florida – I learned how to sew, juggle, eat fire, cyr wheel (kinda), create broken bones out of instamorph, build angel wings– whole and burnt, create entire costumes out of nothing more than scissor, cloth, tree bark and hot glue, and most importantly how […]
April 27, 2014
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The inspirational journey of Von Wong in 5 minutes.
Quitting a job I knew that I was never going to be passionate about to embark on an epic journey was a pretty simple decision. Following one’s passion is a simple straightforward decision because the alternative is so unpleasant that following it becomes a necessity to continue surviving. It does not require courage, but conviction. […]
April 27, 2014
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Pyrotechnics & Capoeira in an abbey in Belgium
Fire is best shot in the dark. It allows for many creative options such as painting with fire and quite simply looks better when shot against a dark background. I’ve had the chance to work with Andrey DAS to produce one epic photoshoot after another but we had never really attempted to do anything in […]
April 27, 2014
