Tag: work pride
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Cao Fine Jewellery Collection
We had the honour of working with the great team from Cao Fine Jewellery at our studio here in Ho Chi Minh City. We photographed their new collection and their jewellery pieces are stunning. Please take a look for yourself.
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5 unique souvenir gifts from Vietnam
Finding something different and unique is a challenge. Mass production, cheap materials and reused ideas you find everywhere. Living in Vietnam since 2000, I have seen the progress and changes to the country over the years. I still believe Vietnam can do a better job promoting its beauty and I wanted to contribute with what…
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The former colleague and now inventor
‘I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success.’ Ms Ngoc Hanh and I met for the first time at Sun Flower Media company where we both were art directors for different…
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The family visit
Photography is rewarding. You get to meet great people, sometimes even travel to exotic locations or take part of an important stage of someone else’s life.It was such as day for Kate and Collin as they wanted images of their first born daughter, Marie. It also comes with great responsibility. You are in charge of…
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Souvenirs in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and what to buy as a memento
UPDATE 3rd January 2018 We no longer sell our lacquer products through third-party stores. Please visit our company website and contact us via the contact form. For regular poster prints, tote bags and t-shirt souvenirs, please visit our online web store. — Traveling to the Far East. The sentence has a magical sound to it.…
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Fashion Creation – From idea to final show
The street lights glowed in the dark as the light drizzle added a soft shine to the road leading up to Gala Royal. It was early evening, June 20th 2013, and the TK09 students from Hoa Sen’s first bachelor program of Fashion Design were about to start their graduation show “Fashion Creation”. Inside, guests were…
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Meeting Mr Carlos – The portrait session
Carlos is an inspiration. That had to be said. I am fortunate to be able to come across many people through my work and I have now crossed paths with Carlos. Carlos sent me an email. He needed a photographer. A few exchanges later we have agreed on what we wanted to do and he…
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The ice cream store and why a combo is better than a single strike
A combo is better than a single strike. I realised that when playing karate kid arcade games. The combo move was always better than the single kick or punch. Advertising agencies often have an art director/copy writer team. A killer combo of visuals and words. They realise that the team can be more creative than…
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Meet the Ebretta and the V-Tronic, the electric vintage looking scooters
Saigon Scooter Centre (SSC), have just launched two electric scooters, a Lambretta and a Vespa, perfect for inner-city travel. Speed of up to 60km per hour and a traveling distance of 40 kilometers on a full charge ought to be enough to whizz around town in green style. Patrick, from SSC, brought the bikes over…
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Collaboration with JnG Couture in Saigon, Vietnam
Working with passionate people is always good and you finish with your energy levels boosted and a wish to push things further and further. Meeting John will give you that experience, he brings fresh flavour to anyone he works with and it is always a pleasure to collaborate with him. Here are samples from two…
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Walkabout with Ian – Part II
The amount of images we managed to capture within a few hours walk manifested themselves by the amount of hours spent editing the selection. Culling images and trying out various moods and tones and continue culling versions that did not work. A recent article I read and shared on Twitter, regarding why you can’t hack…
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Duyên Dáng Việt Nam – Charming Vietnam, the new magazine
It started with a phone call. Most of the time it just does that. A ring. Some vibrations. Then a “hello”, as a command line interpreter, spelling out “Hello World” It was an old colleague of mine. In need of some help. Design help. They had a new project, a magazine, and they wanted a…
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SGN Style, a new project sees the light, yay!
A new blog project to promote up and coming creatives in Saigon. The second project to see the light in 2011. The first one is Saigon Creative, the monthly inspirational breakfast talk. Due to internal restructuring, aSaigonCreativeMorning became Saigon Creative and has now a new website address: http://saigoncreative.blogspot.com/ If you signed up on the old…
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Advertising billboard in Saigon
It’s not the size that counts as Renault Clio’s advertising campaign used to tell us, but when it comes to seeing your work printed out big and put on display on a billboard, then yes, size do matters. We did this ad for Dua Moc brand just in time for Tet and it is still…
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Tet has passed and a New Year has arrived
It is time to officially wish the New Year welcome and lets hope it will be as interesting or even more as the year that passed. We ended it with a highlight, if not, the highlight of the year. A helicopter ride to three oil rigs in a day, yay! All buckled up and riding…
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A New Year needs a New Calendar…
…And what would be more fitting for this blog than to introduce the jewellery calendar we photographed for CAO Fine Jewellery before year’s end. Off to a flying start with the butterfly necklace, my favourite from the session. Here’s a view of the calendar and below more samples from the year to come. Enjoy!
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Blue elephants at Saigon Zoo
Yes, the images are from the morning after, but no alcohol induced elephant visions, only cardboard prints of the mascot for The Big Show. The Big Show has been around for some time. I remember the first show I went to hosted at Pierre’s former restaurant at Thai Van Lung street. Back in the old…
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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. – Lao Tzu
Another addition to the inspirational poster collection of mine. This time with photography and type, not type alone. Self initiated projects are valuable to keep skill sets alive and force yourself to produce. It is easy to get caught up in all the other aspects of running a photography business that you stop shooting for…