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A Game of Thrones fanfiction – A tale of Benjen Stark
Earlier this year, I put together a 6 minute fanfiction that takes place in the Game of Thrones universe with an amazing group of people featuring 14 zombies, a zombie horse, decapitation and pyrotechnics. Check it out, and if you like it, SHARE IT! We made this film short and sweet with the resources we […]
April 26, 2014
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Producing a last minute Fantasy Armor shoot with Renee Robyn
Earlier this year, Edmonton-based photographer Renee Robyn was asked to do an interview with FashionOneTV over in Montreal. The catch, was that they wanted to capture her in action shooting something epic, fantastical and unique. Those three words, being quite categorical of what I do normally, she hit me up and asked if I would […]
April 26, 2014
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The importance of inspiring
Yesterday, I gave my 2nd conference of the week in Vancouver. After I reached the end of my speech on inspiration, the entire room was silent. I had gone almost an hour over the allocated time on my conference and for a microsecond I was worried that I had managed to, despite my hyperactive personality, […]
April 26, 2014
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The Kitten vs Fire challenge
Earlier this month, I did a photoshoot for a friend of mine by the name of Alliebee Henna. The concept behind it was to simply shoot a dramatic portrait of myself breathing fire in the middle of a sand pit. Nothing more. Feedback when I tossed the image up on Facebook was absolutely phenomenal – […]
August 6, 2013
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Review: Von Wong meets The New SmugMug
A review & sneak peak of the new SmugMug and a free pro account giveaway + 20% off promo code !
July 30, 2013
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Hands on shooting with the Light Blaster – A Von Wong Review & giveaway
Von Wong takes the Light Blaster out for a spin and shares his two cents as well as the photo results
July 24, 2013
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A curious tale: Videos & stills ft. a piano in the woods
Earlier this month I had a curious challenge from Andrew Kesler and Aline Homzy – To shoot a music video and cover artwork in a single day. Despite having cinematographer Joel Kesler there to co-direct the music video, getting all the pieces together in a single afternoon was quite difficult of a task! Arranging fashion […]
July 17, 2013
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Lighting an Octopus to tell a story ft. Pocketwizard Hypersync
It’s not very often that someone comes up to you and asks you to slap some seafood on their face so when Jen Brook enlisted me to take part in her Dreamcatcher project I jumped on the opportunity. The shoot was an adventure start to finish – from sourcing our octopus, changing locations the day […]
July 7, 2013
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A 30,000$ Camera Symphony ft. Nikon
While getting a tour of the amazing facilities of Nikon Professional Services and chatting with an employee and now friend Elvis Do we came up with the idea of composing a piece using nothing more than Nikon equipment… 14 cameras and a little brainstorming by composer Andrew Kesler later, this was the result: The Behind […]
June 30, 2013
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How to succeed a full scale fashion shoot with only 24 hours of prep
Quite often, things don’t quite work out the way you want and you reach a point where you make a decision: Do I go for it, or do I just give up. Today I’d like to share with you a story on how I encountered one such situation. (To skip the story and go straight […]
June 26, 2013
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Fire, Tesla coils and shooting in Paris by night!
Fire, has become somewhat of one of those trademark things that I’ve become quite well known for and every time I think I’ve got all the effects figured out, new challenges pop up. On my latest tour through Europe, “L’ordre des pyromanciers excentriques” contacted me through Master Pyrotechnician Andrey DAS to help them take some […]
June 13, 2013
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5 essential travel tips & gear for the travelling location photographer
Lately I’ve been receiving a lot of requests from people asking me: What equipment do I have in the bag so I made this small video for you guys going over all the things in my bag as well as some useful travel tips! Check it out: For those of you interested in winning a […]
May 30, 2013
