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  • My work fusing with Helmut Newton and Myself

    Wednesday, Apr 23, 2008 12:02PM / Members only

    Hey Everyone,

    believe it or not but this is in fact my very first blog entry....EVER! I am actually very tired (since we were shooting up to 4am today) but I really wish share more of myself and the great fun/experience that I have made working with a great team last night.

    I have also had the intention of doing something more daring, Helmut Newton-ish. But this time I was going to bring it the next level as I have included myself in the shoot.

    That made things very challenging for me.....I was rushing in between shoot sets, wardrobe selections, arranging light setups, co-ordinating people etc.

    We all got together at my studio at around 4pm. Unlike all other photographers in Hong Kong, fyi, my studio is not located in Chai Wan but Kwun Tong.......since I live in Sai Kung and rents in Chai Wan are way too high, I decided to go for Kwun Tong. Great developing area and you can almost get anything in case you need any props/industrial equipments for any shoots on a spontaneous basis.

    Alright, back to where I was. I was working with the ambitious/young and talented Harry Lam. You can also find him on this site. He used to work as Sean K's assistant. We are like brothers now as we enjoy being creative and also having a couple of pints after a long shooting day :)

    We were also joined by Karen Yiu, Hong Kong's best body paint specialist. Her skill is just awesome for both Hair and Makeup. Alex....another great hair stylist joined us as well.

    Originally this shoot initially started out to be a test in the brainstorming phase.  I shared my ideas with the amazing Ann who is the editor at Kee Magazine. I do a lot for them, and it's pretty much firm that these images will be published in the upcoming issue of Kee. Let's see!

    As you can see from here, when we first started everyone is calm.



    You can see my office area above. I know...all my shelves are still empty. It has only been two months since I have moved in my new studio. In the background you can see my wife, marketing manager and my two digital artists fully absorbed the power of the screen.

    In case any of you will work with Harry Lam....which is highly recommendable, I suggest you get a back place. This guy arranges truck loads of wardrobe which is really amazing for one man band (occasionally he will have an assistant with him; before his girlfriend, however, she scolded him for making her steam the wardrobe for a full day non-stop when we worked on a shoot with Lisa S....told you..too much wardrobe. it's just hilarious.).



    That's nothing but you can see my reception area filling up with accessories, racks, shoes etc.





    That's my pantry. Harry and Karen are having a quick bite before getting ready for ACTION!

    ...We were also very lucky to be the very first team to shoot this new beautiful vintage necklace from Chanel. Is it not gorgeous?!!?



    As the make-up artist is starting to groom the model, I was start preparing the first set.






    Once I get back to the wardrobe area, I see the crazy Harry fitting on the wardrobe on himself.




    And here we go...that's the infamous Olaf before I started getting my own makeup done.




    Still looking fine but look what happened next...



    ...looking like a ladyboy/drag queen/ballet dancer...hahaha....since I was shooting B&W, I knew that the makeup had to be way more dramatic than usual.

    .... here are some impressions from the actual shoot including a sneak preview image of myself eating a raw steak of the mode's stomach. Images will follow soon once I have had chance to process them.

    Thanks for taking the time to read!!!



    Here the sneak peak TEASER!!



  • About Me

    Tuesday, Apr 15, 2008 7:27PM / Members only

    Beer loving, fun, easy-going and creative fashion photographer based in Hong Kong. I went full-time in photography two years ago prior my finance job....

    Here to be inspired by the amazing work of others and to meet people with equal passion about what they do.

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  • posted on Saturday, Jul 5, 2008 3:09PM  [Report]
    Courage.Justice.Humanity.Sacrifice
    Project "HOME" - An arts exhibition for the relief of victims of Sichuan earthquake -

    Background
    Hi, we are an arts organization in Hong Kong. Our name is 'Art Fete Brings Hope 藝展予希望. We are governed by the Hong Kong Laws. Every year we carried out arts exhibition in various shopping malls in Hong Kong and collected funds for the charity organizations and provided arts therapy to the sick children, and to promote arts to the citizens. The charity organizations included UNICEF, ORBIS, Children's Cancer Foundation etc. Our members are now learning in the universities, or working in various industries, for example, arts education, design, architecture, advertising, corporate communications, public bodies, property development, or running their companies or married.

    Having seen the Sichuan earthquake in China, we want to make contribution. We want to invite artists in various cities to join force to carry out an arts exhibition in Hong Kong to sustain the citizens' care and help to the victims in Sichuan.

    The Project
    The project is to call upon artists in various arts perspectives to lend out their artworks for the arts exhibition. The theme of the arts exhibition is "家". We will not carry out any sales, or auction of the artworks during the arts exhibition. However, Oxfam will call upon the citizens to donate during the arts exhibition. We will make a book/documentary for the arts exhibition with photos and meaning of the artworks, and give the books to the Sichuan government for reference, and give the books to the charity organizations as a counselling tool, and as our blessing to the victims in Sichuan.

    Your help will make a difference
    We appeal to you to support or take part or to call upon your friends to do so in the arts exhibition. Our members are working on the following artworks, and your support or participation would make a difference:

    Chinese calligraphy - the Chinese word '家' in various dynasties.
    Architectural arts – illustrations and models for anti-earthquake schools and citizens
    shelters.
    Installation arts - a human-size transparent container filled with fake steel bars, broken concrete, destroyed personal belongings, destroyed fixtures, fittings etc. It is
    to display how the victims feel compression, breathless and helpless etc under the broken concrete.
    Apparel arts - school uniforms made of scrapped clothes for the victim children.
    Manga arts - various short stories about home.
    Computer graphic design arts - showing the differences between Sichuan and Hong Kong in terms of geography, demographics, education facilities, residence, economy, major trades, standard of living etc. It is to stimulate the Hong Kong citizens to think how fortunate living in Hong Kong is.
    Sculpture arts – a dragon form sculpture made of keys. Each key means a home, and the dragon symbolizes China.
    Photography arts - the photos about feelings of home, or photos about children playing with their parents or friends etc.
    Product design arts - self life survival emergency tools for earthquake, and the photos or illustrations of such self life survival emergency tools adopted in other countries.
    Origami arts - origami of tables, chairs, beds, father, mother, brother, sister, grandparents, pet dog/cat etc. in rural home settings.
    Handicraft arts - hand-made stationeries including student name tag, knitted pencil bag, school note books, wooden ruler, wooden pencil etc for rural village children.
    Performing arts - songs with the meaning of 'HOME'. Marathon performance with the message of ‘HOME’.
    Action arts - record the voices and sounds at the earthquake spot, and teach the citizens to close their eyes and listen with earphone.
    Video arts - stories about the meaning of home and lives.
    Painting arts - meaning of home and lives.

    We would be very grateful if you could help and support us in this campaign.

    Look forward to receiving your support and participation.

    Thank you.
    Ivan
    Mobile: +852 9462 4987
    E-mail address: artfete@gmail.com
    Official web site under re-construction, temporary homepage:
    (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2235485123)

  • posted on Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008 10:36AM  [Report]
    just been busy working on the site! as always....

  • posted on Monday, Jun 23, 2008 12:57PM  [Report]
    oh ya, tell her to join the site!

  • posted on Monday, Jun 23, 2008 12:56PM  [Report]
    hey olaf, was flying on cathay pacific the other day and saw some photos of melanie z. looked in to see who took the photos and guess who i saw?? nice work!! =D

  • posted on Friday, Jun 6, 2008 10:12AM  [Report]
    Hi, i like your some works. nice to meet u!
  • Official artist
    posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:33AM  [Report]
    BTW, your studio looks lovelyyyyyyy
  • Official artist
    posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:32AM  [Report]
    Wow. For two years, with this. You are going to go very far in HK or even in Germany. I can see some Helmut Newton in your work as you mentioned. Great work. I guess Harry must be one of the hottest new stylist in town. Kwun Tong is a great choice as it is up and coming with spaces to match Chai Wan. I hate Chai Wan but I guess it is the largest photo hub outside of Central / CB / Wanchai.
  • Official artist
    posted on Monday, May 12, 2008 7:39PM  [Report]
    hey man,
    sorry la, running around like a crazy chicken.....and you, kicking in the new studio.
    talk soon
    p

  • posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:22AM  [Report]
    to watch my photo .give an opinion THANK!!

  • posted on Friday, May 9, 2008 8:39AM  [Report]
    Just seeing how you and your wife are doing in your new studio :)
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