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Macau Poker Cup Championship November 2010 wraps up
I just got back to Hong Kong from Macau, where the Macau Poker Cup Championship (MPCC) at the Grand Lisboa wrapped up over the weekend. There were events throughout the week, including the 6-Handed High Rollers and the invitation-only Tournament of Champions. Amidst all of the action, crucial Asia Player of the Year points were up for grabs as Team Asia Pros Raymond Wu and Bryan Huang raced for leaderboard standings.
I was focused on shooting the main event, which included about 250 players competing over 4 days. Having setup a MacBook and netbook by the bloggers table, I was editing on the fly and uploading player photos to two displays in the poker room.
Hats off again to the PokerStars Macau team for organizing another successful event. You can also see some of my images on the PokerStars blog.
For more event work, check out my event photographer images at REAL LIVE..
Photographers-a-plenty at the kickoff festivities
Asia Player of the Year, Bryan Huang and Team Pro Raymond Wu signs an autograph
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Women in full force
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Jeff Lisandro and Joe Hachem
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Tony Dunst
PokerStars’ Fred Leung
Julian Hasse takes down Kelly Flynn at the Main Event Final Table
Posted in events, poker
Also tagged Bryan Huang, casino, Celina Lin, events, Grand Lisboa, macau, Macau Poker Cup Championship, MPCC, photoshoot, poker, Pokerstars, Raymond Wu
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Macau Poker Cup, July 2010 at Casino Grand Lisboa
Last week PokerStars Macau held its most successful Macau Poker Cup event to date at the Grand Lisboa poker room. The big story of the event was Japan’s Kenichi Takarabe, the last man standing in the Red Dragon main event. Takarabe overtook Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang of Singapore, who held the chip lead for most of the tournament.
Despite attending several poker events, I still have not managed to pick up the poker addiction. But even as a spectator I could not help but to appreciate the sheer passion for the game shared by all the players. Even the PokerStars Macau team (for the ‘regulars’ of the poker room, you would’ve at some point met Fred, Dom, Danny, and Roberto among others) run the tournament with a professionalism and love for the game that is truly admirable.
Among the players, the friendly competition and mutual respect for each other’s game were awesome to observe. The scene in the room actually reminded me a little bit of the photographer community – just a bunch of people doing what they love.
For more event work, check out my event photographer images at REAL LIVE..
A spectator watches over the tournament action
Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin taking down a pot
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang’s most loyal fan
Red Dragon main event final table: Kenichi Takarabe (Japan) vs. Bryan Huang (Singapore)
Posted in events, poker
Also tagged Bryan Huang, casino, Celina Lin, events, Grand Lisboa, Kenichi Takarabe, macau, Macau Poker Cup, MPC, photoshoot, poker, Pokerstars
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Maternity and newborn baby portrait session
A few years ago, I met Stephanie in Hong Kong while photographing an event in Central. Like me, her and her husband Tom’s move to Hong Kong from the US marked a chapter in their developing careers. Earlier this year, Stephanie was 7-months pregnant and had asked me to help photograph a maternity portrait session in her home. We took our time to plan our shots which would eventually be slightly fine-art in nature and a little less photojournalistic than my other portraiture.
Last April, in the early hours of Sunday morning, Stephanie gave birth to beautiful baby Gabriel. Here are some of the pregnancy and newborn baby shots (taken at 8 weeks).
For information on portrait photography, please visit kenneth lim portraits in Hong Kong.
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Legend 2 Fight Night, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
Last week was all about Legend Fighting Championship, Hong Kong’s first professional mixed martial arts competition, leading up to Fight Night last Thursday June 24th at HITEC’s Star Hall in Kowloon Bay. Earlier in the week, I had the opportunity meet with some of the fighters who were still getting over jetlag and cutting weight. Among them were new and returning fighters that were in good spirits and overall were really nice dudes.
Last January, Legend 1 had the tall task of becoming the first MMA production in HK. This time around, I felt Legend 2 raised the bar even higher for fight promotion in Hong Kong, drawing what I thought was the biggest, most excited and most MMA-savvy crowd I’ve seen here. The fights did not disappoint either – showcasing brutal knockout power, advanced grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, paired with fair officiating and judging. As a huge fan of MMA anticipating big things for the sport in HK, I’m very excited =) And oh yeah, did I mention Legend 3 in September?
Here are shots of the excitement from the Legend 2 fight card.
For more event work, check out my event photographer images at REAL LIVE..
Vivek Mahbubani aka HK’s Bruce Buffer
Takuma flattens Wang Zhen for a rear naked choke
Jo Nam Jin eats a headkick from Kevin Belingon
China’s Zhang Tiequan guillotine submission over Daniel Digby, 0:30 in Round 1
Rob Hill lands a superman punch on the chin of Kwon A Sol
Taiwanese Justin Lee shocks the Hong Kong crowd with a first round KO of Kenny Yeung
Adrian Pang knees Yu Woo Sung on his way to the lightweight belt
Posted in MMA, photoshoot
Also tagged events, HITEC, HK, hong kong, Legend 2, Legend Fighting Championship, MMA, photoshoot
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1st RAW Photo Lab
February 5th marked the very first Photo Lab session (original blog post here) at the Random Art Workshop in Causeway Bay. The goal of the meetup was for photographers of all levels to share our work and ideas, get feedback and learn.
Thanks to everyone for sharing some really cool images (not easy to put work out there, I know!) and really interesting insight and feedback. And of course thank you to Joyce Yung for providing a great venue and grabbing this snapshot.
In the session we discussed how to:
- shoot from inside shade with very bright outside sunlight
- choose focus depth of field in different situations
- frame different landscapes? When to shoot wide versus focusing on details
- maximize background motion blur, use ‘panning’
- capture sun rays peeking out of clouds
We also debated the pros and cons of shooting:
- landscape vs. portrait orientation
- dead on straight (Joe made an awesome reference to Andreas Gursky’s style) vs. at an angle
- with post-processing vs. out of camera
- simply! Sometimes it’s best to just focus on one simple subject.
Next session’s theme will be “Food and Family” – however you want to interpret it. All are welcome to follow the theme, or share any other photos of your choice.
Date: Mar 2nd Tues 7:30-9:30PM
RSVP: info@randomartworkshop.com
(open to those who have taken a photography class or any other RAW class before)
Posted in update, workshop
Also tagged essentials, hong kong, inspiration, RAW, RAW Photo Lab, workshop
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I'm a professional photographer based in Hong Kong. I specialize in wedding, portrait and event photography.
You can contact me at:
+852 9172 9101, or
info [at] kennethlimphotography.com
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