Vibram HK100 Ultra-Marathon Event
It was 4am on Saturday morning….the alarm clock was ringing loud….it was time to get up, travel north to the mountain areas of Northern Hong Kong and get ready for a very very long day of shooting the HK100 ultra-marathon event. 27 hours later at 7am the Sunday morning, we finally stopped shooting and packed [...]
Team Vibram photoshoot
This year we were asked to cover the Vibram HK100 ultra-marathon, which took place this weekend (blog post on that coming soon). A few weeks ago we met up with the Vibram tester team to do some marketing and advertising shots for Vibram China which were used for press release and upcoming Vibram trade shows [...]
Using a Steadicam (VIDEO)
Many of us have been shooting more and more video with our DSLR cameras over recent months and years, which is great, as we get to use the shallow depth lenses for really nice cinematic effects. However, one of the problems we encounter, due to the size and shape of the cameras is excessive movement. [...]
No Photos allowed…..or are they? (VIDEO)
In recent news here in Hong Kong there has been much controversy about photographers rights to shoot in public places (in particular in front of large branded designer stores, etc). Security guards have been misinformed by their employers about what is ‘public space’ in front of a shop and therefore this has led to confusion, [...]
Photographers rights protest at D&G
Recently in the press there has been a fair bit of exposure about an incident here in Hong Kong involving a security guard (who looked more like a burly bodyguard) at the Dolce & Gabbana store in Tsim Sha Tsui stopping people with cameras from shooting the facade of the building from the public pathway. [...]
Don’t forget to print your images!
In this digital age, one of the things that us photographers tend to forget to do a lot of the time is to actually print our work. Its far too easy to edit the photos, stick them on a website or on facebook and never pay much attention to them again, this is fine, and [...]
Street Photography…underground
Something I hear a lot is “I went out shooting and there was nothing to see”, well my honest reply is…..“there is ALWAYS something to shoot”, no matter where you are, there are always things to find of interest, be it people, buildings, landscapes or even subway station markings as was the case in subject for [...]
So Uk – The oldest government housing in Hong Kong
Sunday morning, and myself and good friend and fellow Leica photographer ‘Rocco’ met up for a traditional English breakfast in Soho before deciding where to head out for some street photography on this pleasantly sunny but chilly Sunday morning. We decided to visit ‘So Uk’ in Cheung Sha Wan, reported as the oldest government housing [...]
Street Photography Workshop with Eric Kim – 24th-26th Feb 2012
So its finally happening! Eric Kim is flying in from LA to host with F8 Photography a 2 day Street Photography Workshop. There are limited places, so sign up fast if you are interested, we expect this workshop to sell out quickly, as have all Eric’s workshops in Asia and over the world. The workshop [...]
F8 studio lighting workshop – review and feedback
A few weekends ago we held a studio lighting workshop for 2 of our previous clients; Craig and Bernhard, who last year completed the foundation course with F8. They have both been practicing hard and continuing to develop their passion for photography, adding a vast array of images to their portfolios of the last year [...]
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