My name is Ken Lim, and I’m a professional wedding, portrait and event photographer, based in Hong Kong. My studio is in Wanchai, just around the corner from The Pawn and a few minutes’ walk from Wanchai MTR station.
I grew up in Queens, New York, and studied in Canada and Japan before graduating from Brown University in 2003. In 2006, I moved to Hong Kong as an expat to live with my girlfriend and to continue the finance career I’d started in New York.
After five years of investment banking with two firms, I was burnt out and unhappy, so in 2008 I quit my job to travel the world, catch up with old friends and clear my mind. I borrowed a backpack, and bought a round-the-world ticket and a DSLR camera to record my experiences.
It was during my travels by myself that my camera became my best friend and I fell in love with photography. Since then, I’ve tried to put into words why I am as passionate as I am about taking photos. Here’s the best way I can explain it:
| - | To me, nothing is more important than photographing the amazing people I feel blessed to have in my life. Photographs make sure that I never forget how awesome they are. |
| - | Never knowing fully how a photo I take today will stir emotion, capture a memory or provoke a reaction in the person looking at it – next week, next year, or for generations – is one of the most exciting and satisfying feelings in the world. I believe that a photographer has a responsibility to document life – it’s almost too important not to do. |
OTHER FACTS ABOUT ME:
In 1989, my grandpa took me to my first baseball game at Shea Stadium to watch the New York Mets. We missed the only home run of the game but it was still the best game I’ve ever seen. We didn’t take any photos that day, but I still have the ticket.
My favorite song to sing at karaoke is “Say It Ain’t So.”
I delayed my move from New York to Hong Kong by one week so that I could go to the opening night of “Evil Dead The Musical,” a musical based on the 1980s zombie movies.
I dislike cilantro.
I wholeheartedly believe that everyone should have a camera – any sort of camera – to record their life, experiences, family and friends.
.
| Clients | |
| Silkroad (Dragonair) K∙Swiss International Legend Fighting Championship TakeOut Comedy PokerStars Macau JPMorgan Lexington Partners Estée Lauder |
Altruistic Wines Lily and Bloom / Buzz Concepts PR Plus Uniplan International Sound & Light Publicis Events Asia / Emotion Rabobank Instinet |
