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Sarah and Stu’s first anniversary

marriage anniversary couple at sunset at Victoria Peak Garden

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.

Sarah and Stu backlit Western couple in Hong KongSarah and Stu embracing on a rock in Victoria Peak Garden
Wedding couple inside Hong Kong pagoda

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Light painting at RAW’s 1st Year Anniversary Party!

Last Friday the RANDOM ART WORKSHOP celebrated their one year-old birthday with a party at their studio in Causeway Bay. It was great to see friends as well as former students from the Digital Photography Essentials class chill with some good food and wine. We also all had a blast playing with light painting photography!

To shoot it, I used a tripod with the camera, dark-colored curtains as a backdrop, and a single off-camera flash blasting full power into a black reflective umbrella (a shoot-thru would’ve spilled too much light all over the small room). Aperture was set to somewhere between F/14-F/22, ISO 200, and the exposure was about 8 seconds long, giving each model plenty of time to doodle nonsense with keychain LED lights. Lastly, I tethered the camera to my laptop so everyone was able to see the shot right away. Great job guys, check them out!

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collage of light painting photos

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and here are some of my favs…
light painting blowing hearts
light painting captain america shield
light painting girl jumping over fire
light painting of couple drawing a heart
light painting with the random art workshop team

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family portraits with Venice and Wilson

On January 7th, 2009 Venice and Wilson celebrated their 4th anniversary with a family portrait session in Hong Kong Park. Their adorable 11 month old baby SikSik also came along for the shoot.

I had scouted a few locations in the park that I liked the day before, but beyond that we also revisited a few spots near the marriage registry office to reenact some shots and poses from their original wedding photos from four years ago. Awwww! great idea!

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family walking in hong kong park

mom and baby boy in hong kong park

family playing hide and seek in hong kong park

baby playing with ball in hong kong park

parents and baby in hong kong park in front of flower garden

baby playing lifted up in hong kong park

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