- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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. […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- 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.
- [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 […]
- Thinking of quitting your job? Think again. Most of you know me as the perky, happy-go-lucky, eternally inspired asian kid on youtube that never sleeps. I post about the crazy places I get to visit, the ridiculously talented people I have the honour to collaborate with and the epic ideas I have running amok in my mind. And that is real, but […]
- The magic behind the Underwater Realm During my Von Wong Does Europe tour, I had the chance to meet and shoot the amazing cast and crew of the Underwater Realm. Erwan, my videographer put this amazing behind the scenes video together that goes into great detail documenting all the work that went into creating a few shots and some test video footage.
- How To Create Artistic Motion Blur In Camera Von Wong meets SJ+A to produce and direct a fashion promo campaign for Filler Magazine.
