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Sarah and Stu’s first anniversary

By ken | Published January 10, 2011

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 Kong Sarah 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!

By ken | Published May 31, 2010

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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and here are some of my favs…

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family portraits with Venice and Wilson

By ken | Published January 25, 2010

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!