- 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 […]
- Underwater Shipwreck In Bali – Part 2 – Concept, Lighting And Postproduction Secrets. Video by Siva Shanker It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. – Walt Disney Every image that I create consists of a series of challenges to overcome. Shooting in an underwater shipwreck was no different, it just happened to have a couple more that had to be worked through. Nikon D90 | 12-24mm f4 […]
- 2 Models, 7 Divers In An Underwater Shipwreck – Part 1 Teamwork – A word that truly begins to mean something when you’re shooting 25 meters underwater and your model tied to a 50 year old shipwreck in the middle of Bali where the slightest miscalculation could spell disaster. My job as the photographer is to make sure that regardless of the conditions and challenges, I […]
- 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 […]
- 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.
- Von Wong'in at The George Tavern ft. Train to Create Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of shooting and teaching in a ridiculously ancient building in the middle of East London – The George Tavern organized by my awesome friends over at Train To Create. Though it cost us an arm and a leg to rent out, I absolutely wanted to be able to […]
- How to bring to life a promotional dance campaign A detailed breakdown on how I created my latest promotional dance campaign for Art-Terre's upcoming show Temnein
- Guerrilla lighting and the importance of removing distractions (photoshop breakdown) ft. Trio Dinicu A quick photoshop deconstruction and lighting explanation of a shoot I did at the Disney Concert Hall in LA ft. the Trio Dinicu.
- 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.
- 7 tips to succeed in an unplanned photoshoot Whether you're improvising on a photoshoot or being challenged to do something that you've never done before, these tips should help you be ready to tackle any situation!