Category Archives: portraits
Corporate headshots in the studio | Wanchai, Hong Kong
Renato and Cristina, husband and wife architect team (and entrepreneurs).
Lately I’ve been asked to shoot a lot of in-studio corporate headshots, and I have to be honest, photographing executives in business suits is not exactly the sexiest area of photography. Nevertheless, I’ve really grown to like it. For my clients, their need for new headshots usually marks an interesting crossroads in their life. Some have just arrived in Hong Kong in search of new beginnings, others have been here for years but are joining a new firm. Some clients need portraits to update their online or social media presence (eg. LinkedIn, Facebook), others as part of their first steps in setting up a new small business. Some have no concrete plan at all (which I can particularly relate to). So in the hour that I usually spend in a portrait session, I usually get to hear an interesting story or two. As the subject, I think the session is a fairly relaxing break in a busy day – when they can chat, loosen their tie (if the shot doesn’t need one), and maybe even smile!
Here are some outtakes from some recent corporate headshot sessions that were not the final picks but I like them anyway:
Rebecca, executive coach and proud mom (laughing at her daughter making faces over my shoulder).
Angela, Director in recruiting.
Kieron is restarting his career in HK. Ella works for city’super!
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Legend Fighting Championship 5 at City of Dreams Macau
Last month I photographed the return of one of the increasingly popular MMA events in Asia – Legend Fighting Championship 5 at the City of Dreams in Macau. The event was the first of what will be several upcoming Legend MMA fights in Macau after the first four events were held in Hong Kong. The show sold out which I think is great news for fight fans here – perhaps indicative of MMA in the region finding a new home in Macau.
Fight week was busy for me as usual, starting with a day long portrait shoot in Macau with the fighters. On the day of the event, I grabbed some environment shots of the arena a few hours early to document some of the behind-the-scenes and setup. Then, minutes before the fight it was on to our on-location studio to photograph the ring girls (tough job!), and then of course the 9-fight card itself. After the final bell we did some quick edits for press and media photos before catching our late night ferry back to HK. Hard work for me and my assistant but exciting and well worth it when I think from the perspective of documenting an evolving sport in one of the most rapidly growing regions of the world.
Here are some highlights from Legend 5:
Ring Girls Cupid, Gloria, Tiffany and Shannie
The ring a few hours before going live
Behind-the-scenes production
Hong Kong’s Vincent Siu
NZ’s Gareth Ealey throws a nasty elbow to Korea’s “Hungry” Yang
Knee from Yusuke Kawanago just misses Mark Striegl, but lands on the ground
Legend veteran Li Jingliang utilizing the jab versus Alex Niu
Ground and pound between South Korean Jo Nam Jin and Chinese Yao Honggang
Sarah and Stu’s first anniversary
Sarah and Stu married each other in the UK, but last November they celebrated the first year anniversary of their wedding day in their new home – Hong Kong. We decided to have the anniversary portrait session at Victoria Peak Garden, a spot that is slowly becoming one of my favorite shooting spots for its green grass, blue skies and beautiful sunset light.
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Tagged anniversary, HK, hong kong, UK, Victoria Peak Garden
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studio portraits
Angela, full-time Mom, China
Portraiture has always been my favorite genre of photography. One of the things that I love the most about shooting portraits is being able to meet all the different people that I photograph.
Hong Kong brings such a diverse group of people from all over the world into a relatively small community. Here are a few that I met recently.
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Sarah Brennan, Children’s Author, Australia
Pascal, Entrepreneur, France
Kay Ross, Marketing Consultant, Australia
Edith, Horn Player, Hong Kong
Lorraine, Conductor, Hong Kong
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Tagged Australia, China, France, HK, hong kong, portraits, studio
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Christmas gift certificates for HK portrait sessions and private lessons
Recently I’ve had a lot of Hong Kong Christmas shopper requests for portrait sessions and private photography lessons to give as presents to their family or significant others. I’ve always thought the gift of photography is a great idea, so we are now offering gift certificates to make it easy.
Just email us at info[at]kennethlimphotography.com with your request and we’ll get a gift certificate posted out to you in time for the holidays!
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Tagged christmas, gift, gift certificate, HK, holidays, hong kong, photography class, portrait session, present, private photography lesson
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I'm a professional photographer based in Hong Kong. I specialize in wedding, portrait and event photography.
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