Tag Archives: portraits

studio portraits

By ken | Published December 18, 2010

Angela, full-time Mom, China
Angela's portrait session in the Causeway Bay studio

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.

Sarah Brennan, Children’s Author, Australia
Sarah Brennan lifestyle portrait

Pascal, Entrepreneur, France
Pascal half body portrait

Kay Ross, Marketing Consultant, Australia
Kay Ross holding a picture frame Kay Ross lifestyle portrait

Edith, Horn Player, Hong Kong
portrait of horn player lifestyle portrait of horn player

Lorraine, Conductor, Hong Kong
portrait of conductor lifestyle portrait of conductor

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Maternity and newborn baby portrait session

By ken | Published July 8, 2010

black and white photo of pregnant mother before and after birth

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).

pregnant mother at home with her family photos

Hong Kong father holding newborn baby laughing

Hong Kong father holding newborn baby boy

black and white photo of newborn baby boy and mother facing each other

black and white photo holding small baby feet

Posted in baby, family, maternity, photoshoot, portraits | Also tagged baby, central, family, HK, hong kong, maternity, newborn, photography, pregnancy 2 Comments

Portrait session with DJ Gruv

By ken | Published May 24, 2010

Recently I had been contacted by Hong Kong’s DJ Gruv for a portrait session. Gruv represents Maryland but he’s been out in Hong Kong for years and has done gigs all over Asia. He had been looking to get some images done for media and promotional purposes, so last Friday we spent a few hours in the studio along with his wife of 10 years, Bonnie. Here are some of my favorite shots.

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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!

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Wanchai dog park with Larry

By ken | Published October 14, 2009

Meet Larry. Larry is an older dog and scared us a bit recently when he got really really sick. He’s since bounced back in a big way, so Julie, Jason and I were able to take him for some portraits at the dog park in Wanchai. Big dude was tough to keep up with running around, chewing up grass, jumping on other dogs, and chomping on crackers cookie-monster-style.

I am loving the wide-angle prime lens for pet photography, who says a 20mm isn’t good for portraits?

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