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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 – […]
vonwong
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 […]
vonwong
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 […]
vonwong
April 6, 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 […]
vonwong
February 21, 2015
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What It's Like To Shoot In A Real Life Disney Library
Walking into Stift Admont was like entering Disney’s Beauty & the Beast library. Never before had a creative photoshoot been done in the Admont Abbey, the oldest monastic library in the world… yet here I was, standing at the entrance of what can only be described as the most magical mix of architecture and art […]
vonwong
December 19, 2014
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A Stand Against Mediocrity
To create great work, one must never settle for mediocrity. I like to plan my photoshoots around opportunity. Though I don’t have the luxury of having a studio or an in-house production crew at my disposal… I have managed to build, with time, a relatively large social following and numerous travel opportunities through my contracts […]
vonwong
December 13, 2014
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From Fear To Success
Oh. My God. Those clothes are absolutely phenomenal. How did you find that amazing costume?! In this case, it all began with me posting out a call on Facebook: “Anyone cool I should work with in San Francisco while I’m here?” I got a bunch of responses but the one that stood out was a […]
vonwong
November 9, 2014
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20$ Trick To Epic Portraiture
SmugMug: “I’d like some black and white portraits of our employees doing something sporty” The first thing that comes to mind when one thinks black and white portraiture is old school, classical, traditional… but the Von Wong filter translated that into: edgy! impact! extreme! special effects! With only a couple days to pull something together, […]
vonwong
October 20, 2014
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Transforming The Ordinary Into The Extraordinary
Recently, I got picked up by Mamiya Leaf as one of their newest brand ambassadors and picked up Leaf Credo kit. Up until then, I had only used medium format very sparingly and mildly irresponsibly (some jumping may have occurred…), and never got the chance to really got familiar with the system. It took me a […]
vonwong
October 5, 2014
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Fantasy Lighting 101 With SmugMug
It’s rare that someone comes up to you and says to you: “I’ll commission a shoot from you, just do something cool”. It’s even rarer that someone actually follows through with a promise like that, but that’s exactly what happened when the amazing folks over at SmugMug decided to let me have full creative control […]
vonwong
September 13, 2014
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Photo Face-off with Rebecca Litchfield
I believe that our job of as photographers, is to be able to deliver great images regardless of the challenges that are placed in front of us and though it is fun to meticulously prepare each and every photograph, sometimes its fun to let loose and see what happens when someone else takes care of […]
vonwong
September 1, 2014
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I Wrapped And Delivered Myself To Australia… In A Box To Surprise This Boy.
One year ago, a boy by the name of Tyler Grace left me a comment on my fan page that made me realize for the first time that as a “public figure“, I had the power to change peoples lives. – Fast forward to February of this year, I received an email from his sister […]
vonwong
August 3, 2014
