- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- Luck, fire and a failed ecosystem While I was in LA on contract with my agent SJ+A and pyrotechnician DAS, I could have simply laid back and enjoyed the hotel and beautiful 23 degree weather by the poolside and play tourist.
- Bringing dreams to life through retouching In the final episode of my Von Wong does Europe tour, Erwan and I bring you the story of master retoucher Chester van Bommel all the way in Belgium. This final video means that Print/DVD Supporters can now select any image in this album to receive your 8×10″ (or equivalent) premium Kodak Metallic print. If […]
- Parkour vs. Bboys – Lighting and the rules of composition Way back in October, I had the opportunity to work with Flipside Studios and the crew of TvB (Traceur vs Bboys) and do a dynamic series of images in Graffiti Alley, Toronto. The concept was to figure out an interesting way to showcase the dynamic and talented crew of both groups of individuals. Check out […]
- [BTS] Insane Pyrotechnics and Fashion combined! In November of last year on my last Europe tour, master pyrotechnician Andrey DAS and I got together in collaboration with award winning designer Virginie Marcerou to experiment and create some exciting and technically challenge images by combining a variety of pyrotechnics – from smoke, to sparklers, to firebreathing. Since I had just gotten back […]
- Fine art meets fire In early November, I was sent off to Paris by my agent Suzy Johnston + Associates to create a fiery series of images for sculptor and artist Cyril Anguelidis’s “WOM dog”. Of course, when I heard Paris and Fire, my first step was to call up my epic pyrotechnician buddy Andrey DAS and his crew […]
