I don't go dig those pictures with intention, they just show up in my linkedin feed and catch my attention.
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Assignment photography lighting
I don't go dig those pictures with intention, they just show up in my linkedin feed and catch my attention.
If you want to meet, please telegram.
Google play say my app have
Ok, now I am asking for a screenshot about the content who over their rating and also ask them to dig deep in other apps like instagram, tumblr & Nice etc.
Google just info me that my app is with Sexually Explicit Content. Sure it is complain by some hater, come on if you hate me tell me directly don't need to be so childish do such shit in behind.
Sigh... it that the result of cutting corners? Or the taste of business people is changed?
I don't go dig those pictures with intention, they just show up in my linkedin feed and catch my attention.
Here is a random picture from my linkedin feed, sigh...
Due to our website update, the new link for Canon SELPHY ICC profile is moved here.
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Live is short, we should work harder.
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I think you want to hear the truth.
Bad wide angle distortion using on a short model, make her look like more fat and short. Strange pose break the shoot you show me. HDR is not my cup of tea, bad composition cannot save by HDR too!
Because they want to see the photographs in the old blog, I will try my best to post some in blog soon.
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Digging some old photograph during our website update, here is one of the art nude photograph we have done in Hong Kong for our client.
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You can order my art print in Saatchi Art.
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The most interesting assignment in 2016.
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Works by our photo retoucher Kat Lau.
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Now people seem messed up with all different kind of photography. i.e. a picture with a human now all call portrait. reBlog: 5 Top Tips for Incredible Headshots Every Time Headshots are arguably the unsung heroes of the photography world. They’re everywhere, from social media profiles and advertisements to portfolios and hanging on the walls of the home. These carefully crafted images didn’t take themselves, though. If your headshot skills are a little wanting, there are a few tips you could take to improve your game. If you’re after magnificent snaps, for personal or professional reasons, follow these steps for a perfect shot every time.
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It is a very difficult question I face everyday, That's why I have put the answer in FAQ for who may interest to know.
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Coordinator: My company want to do a set of stock photograph to revamp our existing marketing materials. You need to create 30 pcs. photograph in a 1.5-2 days. Photographer: 2 days is a bit tight for create 30 pcs. really good photographs, may I know what is the budget we are dealing with. Coordinator: Is that HKD20000(flat rate include all) good enough for the photography crew with professional makeup artist and retoucher. Photographer: For what you requested plus the board usage license the cost will be HKD200000+. Coordinator: As I tell you I just go HKD20000 and I want all I mentioned. Photographer: ...
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I believe they should form a good partnership and work the best together to create the best photographs for the prospects' party. But the trend show me that, the coordinators is now Pretend know nothing always lowball rip off fool Irresponsible suck ... And the photographer now just can do their bad to keep himself alive. Showcase A Hong Kong coordinator offer HKD1000(flat fee all inclusive) to do a promotion material photoshoot of a Macau government department. And photographer showup with just a point and shoot camera to make the project management girl cry. A Japan coordinator offer CNY1800(flat fee all inclusive) for a corporate & industrial photoshoot in guangdong Panasonic facility. And the photographer got some extra Factory Safety Shoes as compensation on top of the fee.
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The website have been redesign, and still rely on plone with my limited IT skill. What's new? Recreate a website for audiences, but not google. In the last website we have a lot of bullshit repeat text due to the seo with google. Recreate a website for people who want to see a lot of photographs, they don't understand photographer should just show the best 8 as portfolio. Recreate a website that work with full screen reading although I never do that. Enhance the website work extra well with mobile phones. Yes, now they can swipe! Simple navigation. For me photography just two genres either for business or for personal. One have license fee and the other don't ;) Enhanced new blog name ProTog that fit people who want larger photograph and also people want smaller fit for their mobile phone. Enhanced load speed. As usual, don't ask for too much. I am just a photographer not web developer. Report bugs as you like.
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Like is meaningless when they are auto clicked by bots. full ba ba ba
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depressed
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Sad, people born to be kind, but live in such era... what can they do. god bless hong kong.
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It is completely time wasting... (now) to discuss based from prospect's budget. Case 1 HKD1 for a onsite headshot Case 2 HKD4500 for 150 pcs. wardrobe need both studio and on location photography with video production. It's completely unrealistic and BS. When you face someone who don't value your photography, you just ignore them... keep the energy for real clients.
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Photography is now become simple in many people's' eye.
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Download Pentax K-3 Firmware 1.30
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Please say want to see my works in Instagram. Here you are my instagram.
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Macau Photography
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Contact us anytime if you need video production / filming crew at china.
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Contact us any if you need video production / filming crew at china.
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Pull man ;)
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Zhuhai Life
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Finish another corporate editorial photography for China gov dept. at China
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Zhuhai Photographer Coffee Meet
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Zhuhai Couple
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Zhuhai CoCo
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Zhuhai Shoes Clone
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If you like it, you can order your print here.
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Zhuhai AirShow
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AirShow photography need some art
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AirShow China 2016 Royal Air Force At Zhuhai
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I sure it is some kind of bird
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Audience of AirShow China who cannot paid the ticket.
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China AirShow 2016 Zhuhai
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China AirShow 2016
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AirShow China Photographer, Zhuhai
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AirShow China Photographer, Zhuhai
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Full ba ba ba Yes, ring flash is very important and that profoto have forget Well done.
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Full ba ba ba In China noone understand those.
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Corporate / Industrial Photography page update. Just added some new photographs from our last Corporate / Industrial Photography assignments, feel free to contact us any time if you need professional corporate editorial photography, annual report photography & or industrial photography etc. around Hong Kong, Macau, China.
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Zhuhai Toy Store
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Macau 600
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Macau Blocked
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Macau Architecture
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Macau Tired
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I believe I Can fly.
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Macau Egg
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Macau Hope
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Macau Mother & Son
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Macau Cenozoic
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Macau Chasing Money
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Macau Father & Son
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Macau What Is In The Suitcase
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Macau Boys
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Macau The Gate
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Date: 3 Dec 2016 Lets book your free portrait :)
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Client suddenly IM, and you must be ready... life of a photographer.
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For someone who know her.
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A prospect just show me their new corporate photographs that shoot by a China professional photographer, and they will use them as their advertising next week. He is very happy with the result and feel all these photo is an art piece.
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This is what really happened to me everyday, people is not bad they just confused by the China way / system / photographers.
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Man is right, actually they have never deal with real commercial photography before. How can they understand.
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Then after 2 email For me... for my photography... there is no simple / basic / easy shots. They all done professionally.
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We have broke one sync cord and one umbrella softbox in the last engagement photography assignment, we now shop a couple more as back up... yes backup do cost a lot.
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I wish I could help, but I'm afraid I can't.
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3528 SMD lcd is 120 degree beam, but China seller say it is 60 degree and B and H say it is 70!
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Kinda hard for a portrait photographer to follow!
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The Change
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I really want to be your photographer and I really want to create a corporate portrait for you... but sorry I really can't make it within your budget.
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Dramatic Lighting Self Portrait Photography
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Product Photography At China
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I actually hate such of post, it mislead people a mobile can do professional photography... as I remember one of my client who try iphone to photography corporate and ask for retouch fix afterward. full ba ba ba
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Bare LED Panels without diffuse material, 3point lighting... photography with iso800 F5.6 1/60.
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This guy is not expensive, and good for creative lighting portrait photography... lightweight and easy to pack.
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Zhuhai Night Architecture
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Zhuhai Night Architecture
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Zhuhai Night Architecture
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People asked which LED light I have used for the last engagement portrait photography at Hong Kong... The photo is use one big and one small of this to create the contrast and cinematic mood of the photograph.
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Zhuhai, as this lane's design you can guess our life.
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Wonderful!
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I reblog this just because, I want to show prospects (they call themself layman) that how a photograph should be construct. Youtube
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Yes we do use LED for night portrait in the last engagement photography project at Hong Kong.
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Pentax hypersync? No problem at all.
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong now is a real China city.
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Hong Kong changed a lot and fast in the pass 10 years, now people not much care about quality/
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Emma Craig Lisa Kwong They disappear after their init email. Never ever reply.
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Normally I don't do Pre Wedding photography, but since this client who like my fashion portrait photography works alot. They hired me. This few days I am doing the production remotely with the producer there. Make me kinda busy... and the good news is... just note that the typhoon will not affect the weather too much. Hope the weather will not affect the photoshoot too much.
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My Job should be form a crew and lead a photography production that best fit the clients' needs / budget and produce a stunt photograph that helping clients' business. I used too. BUT! Now! Everyday I burned my time to answering those "How much is it?" And helping those prospect or coordinators to keep their job and I have nothing to gain.
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Ok. here is the result by other china photographer We have nothing can do, and as we can see their boss don't mind waste food at all.
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The next booked assignment, is a pre wedding kind of fashion portrait photography, it will happen the 1st of next month... But till now I still not get any shooting plan for the project. I am so worry.
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The exposure need to be done by try and error, and us the sync delay to adjust the banding area... ;)
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He should buy a light meter!! Full ba ba ba
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When I first tell people my story, they may think that is is because... I am too expensive... I ask too much questions... etc. But it's not the case, people just missed after they contact me. Should I call the police? ;)
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180cm (so call parabolic umbrella) 130cm (so call parabolic umbrella) Believe it or not, some guys never test before they go.
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The bad of using ultra wide lens, create misleading photographs. That the prospect must be wasting time to place a visit to find out the reality. Most photographs is actually useless in fact.
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Hypersynce or hisync is very useful for outdoor portrait photography. Since the new firmware V5.1.3 make use the camera / flash ports in the ACON R930 receiver (pentax) we have to rearrange the sync cables (include spare, you may break some) for next photography assignment.
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Why you call up photographers at everywhere to get quotations? Are you sick? Or your boss make you sick?
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The new 5.x firmware do allow the TX unit to use in stack mode. So you can stack your orginal flash trigger over it and doing fake hss.
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Today is sunday, I am free and not want to stay in front of the computer. I fire up a chinese photography booking app, see a guy is nearby... and he is looking for a assignment. I message him, and ask if he mind to have a coffee together... Here is how he reply. "You are professional photographer, and I am amateur photographer without too much experience, I afraid I will sit there and say nothing" Ok Ok ... I give up and I go for a long sleep.
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I agree photograph is priceless. full ba ba ba
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Beside softbox... now is difficult to shop vape gear at China too. Just notice that there is clone after clone ;) just a few microns difference of CNC machining make a great dripper become a piece of metal. Living in China is difficult, although someone may feel happy because they believe they are taking advantage of the system / people here. But I am not the one.
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Don't just ask "How Much Is It?" and reply "It is Expensive!" A good portrait is sure expensive (mean complicate) than a mobile selfie. Reall all ba ba ba
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Ha ha... everyone will be so exciting to hear that crazy photography budget. But... what I want to write is crazy low photography budget. Have been in the business long enough, we all understand that in pre wedding photography market... people in our area normally spend CNY15000 - 30000. How come for corporate photography and or advertising photography, you just budgeted for a few thousands? We ask for your budget is not telling you that you can do some rip-off offer, your a few thousands actually not enough for the photographs usage license fee.
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Beside steal my photograph for commercial use, they have nothing to do with me. The other way around, it proofed my photographs is better than what their photog do. WTF!
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This morning I received a call that ask for "How Much?" to create a 360 degree product photography. As usual I give him my email address and ask him to send me some reference images / link with the result we need to deliver. And after couple of hours I got a email with this... Now I understand that this is a China way of deal, we will not get any details before we give a price (strange? but it's how they work ;) normally China photographer will say "這樣呀!"while they arrive the location). The location is in shenzhen, and we need to do the 360 degree shoot in a factory... We need to provide lighting, backdrop, or whatever to make the shot happen... so I quoted a minimal fee CNY12000 for a day shoot not included once off materials and post production (we don't know what vr player will be use, and how much is the license etc.) And after a minute he reply he just got CNY6000... and I told him his offer is too low to make the shoot happen. Case close. Thanks alot, now I don't feel I am in risk any more. PS: Am I being unprofessional for treating a photographic case? Yes! but ... it's what I being forced to do everyday.
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I have received an enquiry as below. She disappear after my rough estimate... I am wonderin, g So I dig... And here is how she present to the world. "Ichiyo Ivy - Photographer Ichiyo Hiroshima. Based in Orange County, CA since 2011. Originally from Japan. Photographer/ Event Planner/ Interpreter Macrobiotic Conceirge." If you don't know how much to charge, you may join some associations... no need to waste my time.
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Shout out to the guy that sent me a message with just two word "Nude Art". I don't know what he trying to attempt, but still... THANKS
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He offer CNY100000 for a photo shot as init contact, and after a week or so of works to collect model cards and other arrangements... etc.. Finally he say he don't know what he want in real.
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Everyday done 5 quotations cannot make my living. If you don't have budget, and you still ask for extra is wasting boths' time. From now on we will just estimate with your budget (real), so please don't message me JUST ask for a quotation.
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Lately I have access to a couple projects, that I can provide better solutions and results... BUT they are limited to some factors. How can I do? How can I go forward. Sad.
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A guy come and ask for a commercial photo shoot of their bluetooth headphone with models.... And the comment... he return after we do the estimate.
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You have to deliver 30 high quality photographs of a theme park (every facilities, and corporate shots), provide pre production, gear, talent ba ba ba Hard part Image Usage: Worldwide usage in all media, corporate communication material, website and promotion material (e.g. leaflet, advertising design etc) Permanent image usage right If you want this ripoff job, please comment below / bellow.
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Still vaping, but 0mg nic at all. Good progress to quit smoking. I can do it and you can do that too.
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Product photography stime need art ;)
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Time for invest more in visual communication. Corporate storytelling should be much more than just talking about how the company got started or what the employees do in their spare time. Those stories are about the company not the customer. Corporate spin and advertising tell customers what the company wants to tell them. Storytelling tells customers what the customers want to know. full blog entry
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First is the deform of plastic. Now... don't read ohm or read wrong value. Just used it for couple month. Will never buy their product again.
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Photography by Chujai Thanks for Chujai to have a photowalk with me during I am in Hong Kong.
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Wick with cloudwicks cotton. Now it can fill from drip tip and is spit proofed ;) You should quit smoking, maybe by switch to vape.
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I Just received a email, and she tell me that she cannot do the boudoir photography at Macau this weekend. She is a good client... not just ba ba ba and disappear, they(good photography clients) respect photographer and their time.
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Everyday I receive emails asking for this... Actually It's not about how much my photography is, it's all about to create a photograph that how much it worth for you. Please let me know by fill in the commission form. Many thanks.
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Hong Kong
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The should hire a professional photographer as their consultant, but normally China company will never do so ;( Full blog entry
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Product photography for Cenf
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Kennedy rda
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Since you make such stupid authenticate method to protect for clone. Now you want to shutdown your server, and my properties (3 Pro x2) will no longer working? Please at least create a firmware that make us can switch the direct mode target by our own without the need of your facility.
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Just rebuild this baby with alien clapton wire.
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Can time run out slower? No.
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Vape Self Portrait Instagram #mr_kentam
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Good Morning Zhuhai
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Instagram #mr_kentam
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Cheating is part of business? I do hear that everyday in China... although I don't agree, because my teachers never teach me. Just hear a freelance expat model is cheated by a freelance model agency, who just paid him partal of modeling fee then blocked him in IM and disappeared. If everyone is doing so, thinking how to cheat other parties in every single minute. how do they create professional photographs for clients' business?
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Zhuhai, Summer
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I have been smoking over 20 years and I have intro to vape(switch) since Jan 2016 by S.P. (a vaper in Macau) I am a heavy smoker, I burn 1-1.5 packs of cigarette per day, and I since I vaping 6mg e liquid for two days... I stop craving for cigarette any more. I am not a doctor, and I cannot tell you that... is vaping good or bad for your body, I just feel good by my own experience... now I have no coughing and spitting in the morning and I do breath better, smell better, taste better and those make me believe vaping is saving my life (same as other hardcore vapers' experience). For the vaping. We have been using diy atomizer since day one, so we need to build our own coil and replace cotton wicks every single day... During the journal we always looking for best pure cotton that fit our needs, finally we find one cotton that wicking fast... easy to work with and without strange taste in itself. Later on... W.L. (another vaper in Hong Kong) suggest to pack it as a product and this may help newcomers to get better vape experience that lead to quit smoking easier. That's why Cloud Wick C1 cotton.
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Doing some product promotional photography for cloudwicks.com
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Last interesting photography during our corporate photography assignment at Macau.
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But they are not worth to do.
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Testing the 130cm umbrella deep silver, self portrait.
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Just done the product photography for cloudwicks.com, and I have tested their vape cotton for weeks... it's super. If you want to try it, you may order some here.
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New light sharper for next photography assignment ;)
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Long press and UNINSTALL is not a difficult task. No need to bababa
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I don't install VPN / Telegram because I afraid they contain VIRUS. Wechat is the most SAVE app.
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What the EGG!
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Your canned drinks is parallel impor tfrom Zhuhai
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Just have a long call with fellow photographer Kean (a Hong Kong professional photographer based in Guangzhou), and he tell me some sad but truth story. One day he hired an expat as his assistant, and when they arrived the location, everyone think the assistant is the boss and photographer.
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If I go cold call you, them you don't reply my emails... I do feel it supposed to be. But if you write me and want to discuss about your next photography... then you disappear during the email communication is suck! I will find your teacher and blame them...
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This 2 days just discovered people send me msg in different social media platform, and I can't reply them at once. So please... if you are looking for me seriously, please come to my website hkphoto.com
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Fellow photography just tell me he smoking again because the vapourizer is leak. ;) I will not smoking again... even my #avocado24 is a bit difficult to wick then my #theorem rdta.
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Test post, please ignore.
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But please give me less words and better pictures! full blog entry
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Youtube full video I don't try to present the vaping is safe... that actually no one know... the fact is I don't smoking for months after switch to vaping.
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We used 2x 1.8m silver reflective umbrella You can see the height and scale of the setup. Thanks Stanley P. for the photograph.
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We are the troublesome guy, we super picky? Yesterday we do spended 1 hr. in the lab to convince the worker to print the right color for us. For me... once I accept your money, I will deliver the best for you.
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Lighting setup in a tight place is a bit difficult, thanks for my experienced crew to make the shoot so smooth. Final group photograph for print and deliver.
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Lighting setup in a tight place is a bit difficult, thanks for my experienced crew to make the shoot so smooth. Final group photograph for print and deliver.
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Not much gear... Not much ;)
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Guangzhou
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Guangzhou
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Guangzhou
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Guangzhou
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Guangzhou
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Today I am at Guangzhou photography equipment marketplace to buy TWO 1.8m silver umbrella for the next photographic assignment. And I see 2 guys carrying a pair of shoes and ask shop by shop... how can they photography it professionally ;) I do chitchat with them for a while and understand they already got a order to photography 100 pairs of shoes with different materials... and they now go to the mall and ask for help about the lighting equipments. Ha Ha...
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Zhuhai Vape Meet
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After scouting, we just ordered 2 x 4.4m light stand ;)
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2 Days ago Wilson L. of Cloud.Wicks have send me some new designed cotton for vapers After using them in daily base... they are great ;) You can find Cloud.Wicks here.
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Dongguan
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"Ken you are a big dreamer, otherwise I will move to china immidiatelly if anyone will pay me that much for this job :)" - here is quoted from one of my email today. It reflect how overseas' feel about Chi na, and also showing that they just try to come here for "jetso" but they forget that cheap production will not help their business. LOL
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Zhuhai Vape Meet
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18th we will go to create a group photograph at Macau for a corporate event. 110 people group photography is not easy as you think ;)
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Then you boss will not ask you to do corporate photography ;) -meizu
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Just finish another fashion photography at sichuan mountains, thanks for the crew and let the shoot work out smoothly.
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7 - 17 we will be shooting at Sichuan Mount Gongga. During the period we may not reply emails at once, please note.
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Since I vape...
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Technical details of permanent failure:Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the server for the recipient domain manulife.com by mail4.manulife.com. [167.92.126.16].The error that the other server returned was:554 5.7.1 You are not allowed to connect. I want to be your photographer, BUT... Saijal Patel please call back as soon as if you read this.
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7 - 17 will be in Sichuan, msg me if you want a coffee meet ;)
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Macau, China
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BUY A GOOD BACKDROP! BUY A GOOD BACKDROP! BUY A GOOD BACKDROP! Although they will tell you use computer to do it! full blog entry
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Zhuhai, China
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Zhuhai, China
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Zhuhai, China
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Zhuhai, China
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Zhuhai, China
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Zhuhai, China
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Zhuhai, China
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Zhuhai, China
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You do contact me for a headshot... Why disappear whenever I ask for some reference images? Don't reply email is so rub!
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Analog Efex Pro Color Efex Pro Silver Efex Pro Viveza HDR Efex Pro Sharpener Pro Dfine Google now release all the above for free. Download
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James Silverman offered me 24CNY@ for corporate photography with retouch! Turned down!! Sure Turn down!! Ms. Rose disappeared after I ask her to send me reference images, as the fashion photographs she want to make. WTF!
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When you stop wasting time for peeking in the social network, you will have enough time to think about do something right to improve you life.
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Zhuhai Night
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Zhuhai Night
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Zhuhai Night
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Too many wannabe, and too many pretended be!! Lead to client mindset change, and changed to a very wrong way of what professional photography should be! Lowend prospect now like to ask how much will be to photography one set of fashion / garment? How about? Where to shoot? What class of model What class of the stylist What class of makeup artist What class of props ... When I ask those... they gone!
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We have plan We know what corporate mean We bring in great lighting We capture everyone look naturally even the are shy We deliver within schedule
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TC Vape is for flavor, and you set the right flavor best for your eliquid with your vaporizer setup. Don't be fool by those people who just know to say 420F is the burn point of the cotton. Try and error to set the temperature you want as you taste the peak of your eliquid, offer enough Watt to allow the coil to warm up to that temperature as well. 2c
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The Photograph I love Most From The Last eBAY Corporate Portrait Shoot
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Quit smoking make to me more energy to work, vape now become a hobby and rebuild make me relax. Good!
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Yesterday whenever we doing their corporate portrait shoot for ebay at Hong Kong, while I ask the targets(their executives) to sign a standard model release... and their legal consultant jump out and say they are not allowed to do so! Then I explain to this legal consultant... if this single human not offer me the usage of their face, how can I allow ebay to use my photograph for publicity usage. Bam...
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Thanks for JT. Lau to assist the photo shoot, and Lok Lok for the makeup.
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They think I am bullshit too, maybe I should move to other place with more positive energy ;)
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Don't buy it! Because it don't work with system lower then 10.11! What the fuck is Apple doing after Steve gone? Remember don't buy it!!
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Since Steve gone... apple's design all go backward? WTF! is a mouse need to turn around and charge in the belly button?
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Finally nail down everything... and fund transferred. Time for working ;) PS: remember a half day shoot is not a half day work.
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Zhuhai Night Rich
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Zhuhai Night
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Zhuhai Sub Shopping Mall
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If a photograph is for the portfolio of a Makeup Artist. Why she request to thinner the model by photoshop? (she should not use that model in begin) Why brighter the model's shoulder by photoshop? (she should do it with her makeup) I can't really get it? Is a digital photograph must be fake? rethinking....
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Finally nail down the schedule of all targets and talents, 26th will be in Hong Kong for the shoot.
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Just 1 90cm 16 pole deep softbox in butterfly lighting.
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Makeup / Styling Sophia L Macau Since digital photography become popular , everyone now believe photograph must be PS before showing... Here is the RAW image we just capture 30mins ago. PS perfect makeup / lighting / model / photographer = less PS / less plastic!
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Have been vaping for 30 days, and 0 cigarette is not a dream. Lets keep going. You can do that too.
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Hi, fellow photographers... hope you are still alive... if you are looking for a meal... you can consider contact her. LOL!
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Good morning guys, Last week is petty hard for me, and I have learn couple lesson by dealing with couple non professionals. The lesson I learned is "Trust no one!" A friend give me complete wrong informations, that lead me to buy his new / used stuffs that he regret to buy it (stucked in his stock). That's ok, it's not a big money... I can fix it and make it work in semi professional way in some... but what the hell if everyone doing so? ...Humanity
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Monitor Calibration? I know many photographer don't know that, and client don't know that too. blog entry
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Join the group
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Taste is better in dripper 0.32Ω then sub ohm tank 0.63Ω The exhale is full of cone taste ;)
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Casting Calls / Job offer will be listed in http://ift.tt/1PwdGfD
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Many freelancer tell me that now client just want to paid peanuts... Here is a screen, I capture from a app that how a hooker dealing with a client. If you still got peanuts in 2016, it is because you ask for!
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Have got cold... so do rested for couple days(most zzz). Today I am recovered ;) Many small things broken during this CNY holiday, a harddisk in a raid, battery charger, now we need to order them from the taobao store that just open today. Makeup artist chased me a few times about the photo shoot for ebay at Hong Kong, ebay staffs still no reply... Good luck monkey year to all.
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Ugly pictures is now everywhere, we should find the way to fix this.
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Coming Soon
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Macau Ads LOL
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Macau Follow The Track
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Macau Kung Hei Fat Choi
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Macau Decline
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Macau Chinese New Year
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Vape just become my second passion, you may call me junkie... Vape just like photography who you will dealing with many great metals (yes machinery metal) then with lean and settings. You can vape with cheap starter kit "press and leech" or vape with something art like... manual built and configurations.
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Macau Vape
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Macau WTF! Space Business Development? Our market is almost like that, the fools place all orders to the lairs... professionals is useless here.
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90 width x 75 deep, what the hell is that? If you want a 2x power, high to mid contrast box for headshot... maybe you can consider it.
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Zhuhai #Instagram Where I Live!! WTF!!!
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Macau Street Food
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Macau Street Food
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Macau Street Food
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Macau Street Food
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Yes we will bring such kind of big lighting for the corporate portrait at your office.
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2016 First Self Portrait Photography (Actually Testing Smoke Machine)
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2016 First Self Portrait Photography (Actually Testing Smoke Machine)
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Smoke / Fog Machines just arrived, doing some init test before put it in photography production ;)
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Just received the last TV Commercial Production Pre-Cut video footage, here is some scenes that plan by me ;)
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Absolutely Yes! Piter G. contact me for his compcard update... and finally we put him in our TVC shoot.
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People say my last mobile photo, don't really show the my DIY product ;) Ok Ok ... let's do a studio shoot!
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Diy Deflector (CD) For Parabolic Softbox Tera-d, Zeppline
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Everyday I receive many silly email... but this is the most funny one. "Offline Message left on 11 Jan 2016, 01:48 PM (GMT+0) Dear Madam/ Sir My name is Dean Gatridge, and I represent Aratag Group Ltd as a Business Developer. We are a product development and distribution company with headquarters in Slovenia (Central Europe) and with primary operations in the USA. We are looking to source a Bottle cutting product and would need professional photographer to take professional pictures of this product. We decided to find one in China, because we believe we can get the best service with most cost efficient pricing. We have saw your work and we believe you are making a great job and would love to work with you, but there is one problem. Our product supplier in based in Linfen Shanxi and would need a photographer from this town because we don't want to send samples On the other side of China because we believe it is cost and time consuming. At this point we are wondering if you could help us. Could you be so kind and send us any information about how can we get a photographer in that area. If you maybe have some contacts? If you maybe have any suggestions or idea? We just wanted to state that we are one of the top sellers on Amazon with several product lines and are always looking for new business opportunities. Could you also specify how much would be the cost if your company made this photos. At the beginning we would only need cca. 10 pictures in various forms Thank you in advance for your effort and your cooperation Sincerely, Dean Gataridge Aratag Group Ltd"
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Huizhou (Fuichiu)
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New toy, Aurora Tera-d Indirect Mod With Zoom (Poorman Para)
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If you want some non China way video production filming crew at China. We will be your best choose ;)
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Sometime we do exercise like that ;(
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Sometime we eat dinner like that ;(
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Most of the time we do job, not work.
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China Shenzhen video production, this time my role as assistant director.
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Behind the scenes of Shenzhen, China TVC video production.
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Shenzhen China commercial video production crew, this time my role is Assistant director.
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This time my role is assistant director, and how our crew work
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Environment
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My Rhein
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Right Here Waiting
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Charging
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Thanks for your support, happy 2016.
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Contrast Zhuhai
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Doraemon Zhuhai
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Better stick with X2 card for now!!
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Making photographs / Sleep
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Zhuhai Yuyuan
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Zhuhai Girl
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Zhuhai Yuyuan
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Zhuhai Flower
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Ocean Spring Zhuhai
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Ocean Spring Zhuhai
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LOL
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4-5th I am free again... lets coffee or shoot!
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This few nights many fellow photographer chat / phone me, and they sound upset...! Some of them already lost their track, and faith and thinking of throw the towel!! 2016 We should Photography as the way we good to produce commercial values. (e.g. street photography can actually use for fashion shoot) Charge whatever you want, follow client's silly budget will just lead you to the low end of photography Make something everyday, Produce something every week, Happy with the result every month. Say "NO" to unfair deals Do whatever photography related to keep alive, sure live is hard... but if we do other things else than photography we lose our energy and lead to stop learning (everyone just got same 24hrs. a day)
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If you follow me long, you know I never do pre wedding photography. This time I will be the producer and Grip, fair enough? I am using my skill to make my living!
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happy new year all my friends!! Send greeting email is one of the best method to clean up the contact database, and here we have many bounce back as their people or domain is gone.
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