It’s hard to say no when Beats by Dre comes knocking and asks “Do you want to photograph festival goers being themselves at Ansan Valley Rock Festival, hang out with a handful of beautiful models, see Nine Inch Nails, and have a few drinks?”. From my perspective, there is only one answer to that question. A resounding yes followed, and the preparations began. As part of Beats by Dre’s Show Your Color campaign, we would be photographing 300 festival goers […]
Shawn and I have been working really hard behind the scenes recently to bring some extra photographic goodness to Flash Light Expeditions. Check it out below. We’re thrilled to announce the official release of our first photography handbook. Flash in the Wild: A Pocket Guide to the Right Light is 66 pages of fresh content shot on assignment around the world. Welcome to the wild. This pocket field guide from Flash Light Photography Expeditions will help you get the most […]
Nadya and Guhya came to me around a month ago looking for a pre wedding photographer to make some images they could share with their families. They met here in Korea as students at Dongkuk University. He is from Indonesia, she from Kazakhstan. They met at a party and she left her camera behind when she went home, giving Guhya the perfect excuse to contact her again. They met up several times following, and the rest is history. Yeouido Park […]
Two months ago I began a new series of photographs of musicians when I photographed Jazzmin and Nahrae as a violinist and a cellist at Jebu Island off the west coast of Korea. I have been wanting to continue this series for a while and decided that Korean traditional instruments would be my next addition. Through a friend of my wife’s, I got in touch with Kim Young Jae. Mr. Kim has been playing Korean traditional instruments (including geomungo and […]
Vanessa and JR recently visited Seoul from Singapore. Vanessa had been here before on exchange, but it was her and JR’s first trip to Seoul as a couple. They wanted to make some lifestyle portraits that would showcase their love for each other and their trip to Seoul. Vanessa told me straight up that they were a fun and outgoing couple and that they wanted to have that shine through in the pictures. We picked an afternoon during their short […]
Noreen contacted me about a month back looking for a wedding photographer to capture her and her husband’s second big day. She and Simon had been married back in L.A. and were flying to Korea to have a traditional Korean ceremony for some members of Simon’s family that missed the wedding in the States. A Korean traditional wedding was something I had always wanted to photograph, and I was almost as excited as they were to be a part of […]
Today’s blog is to be a bit nerdy, and a bit removed from what I normally write here. I was asked by my good friend, Flash Parker, to do a rundown on how this image was put together. Bare in mind that I’m not Aaron Nace or Scott Kelby, I don’t profess to be doing this in the most correct or fastest way. The image came together from a thought and working on it digitally until I got it to […]
A little over a month ago, Joshua Hall from Wine Korea asked me to photograph his event with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise at the New Zealand Residence in Seoul. It was an awareness raising event covering some of the heavy weights of New Zealand’s high-end wine, fine New Zealand food from chef Jin Ho Lee, and quality entertainment from the NZ Ambassador to Korea. Over the course of three hours, 7 excellent wines were paired with gourmet food prepared […]
When Diana contacted me to be one of the two photographers at her and Mathieu’s wedding in Seoul last year, I could hardly believe what I was hearing. A Jewish wedding in Seoul? Exciting, to say the least. Diana and her wedding planner worked tirelessly to make sure that everything was just right for the big day, and the transformed the Ritz Carlton Seoul into another world for what would be a day in the history of Seoul’s internationalisation. The […]
I shoot a lot of events here in Seoul. Everything from embassy delegations to hotel GM parties. But my good friend Alberto from DAB Miller gave me an assignment this week that tested my ability to shoot quickly and effectively. The breif was simple. 5 chefs are gathering at one restaurant. They will each prepare a dish. Armani/Dolci are providing chocolate. Pernoni is providing beer. The Italian ambassador is coming. We need you to photograph everything. We will need portraits […]