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Headshots with Jackson in Mid-levels Hong Kong

By ken | Published June 17, 2010

photo of Gary Jackson writing in a coffee shop, Hong Kong actor

Gary Jackson is a writer, comedian, public speaker, blogger, podcaster, DJ and all around gweilo of Hong Kong. Jackson performs regularly at the TakeOut Comedy Club in SoHo, but you can find his many web presences on letterstowindsor.com, gweilojackson.com and soulparking.com.

Nothing beats natural light for headshot portraits, so we did a lot of the shooting on the balcony of his Mid-levels flat. We also walked around some of the local HK backstreets and finished up at the Pacific Coffee on Hollywood Road, his favorite writing spot.

color headshot of Gary Jackson, Hong Kong writer

B&W headshot of Gary Jackson, Hong Kong comedian

Posted in photoshoot, portraits | Also tagged blogger, central, comedian, DJ, headshots, HK, hong kong, mid-levels, podcaster, speaker, Takeout Comedy, writer 1 Comment

TakeOut Comedy Jam 2009

By ken | Published January 11, 2010

Just before Christmas, Jami Gong of TakeOut Comedy invited me to cover the FIRST TakeOut Comedy Jam at HITEC in Kowloon Bay. The show featured only Chinese comedians doing western-style stand-up, yet another ingredient in Jami’s incredible vision for Hong Kong’s growing comedy scene. The venue was awesome for this kind of show, and the crowd was great as all the comedians performed exceptionally well. Like, my Cantonese is pretty crap but I was still laughing as I was shooting. Congrats to all the guys at TOC for an awesome show!

Backstage

Vivek Mahbubani

Chris Chan

Chris Mellen

Matina Leung

Fab

Posted in comedy, events, photoshoot | Also tagged cantonese, chinese, event, events, HITEC, photoshoot, Takeout Comedy Leave a comment

October in numbers.

By ken | Published November 1, 2009

October has been a crazy month. I did 20 separate shoots for 11 different clients, which is just sort of ridiculous! Don’t get me wrong, work is an absolute blessing that I am completely grateful for, and I’d be lucky if only half the year could be like October. For sure November won’t be though since I’ll be visiting home for a REAL Thanksgiving in NY =) I can’t wait.

Anyways, falling behind on sleep and my to-do list always reminds me of Chris Rock’s bit on Careers vs. Jobs. Its scary to think how many life lessons I learn from Chris Rock, but the dude is just smart as hell. There ain’t enough time in the day!