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Editorial, Wedding and Commercial Tokyo Photographer – Irwin Wong bio picture

Irwin Wong - Photographer

Welcome to my blog.

If you don't already know me, my name is Irwin Wong, and I'm an editorial photographer based in Tokyo, Japan.  I'm also affiliated with Japanorama.co.uk - the fastest growing source English-language source for learning photography in Tokyo - where I teach a series of lighting workshops.

This blog showcases some of my recent work, as well as photos from the workshops and classes I teach.  Hope you enjoy it, and you can always find more of my photos at my homepage here.

Category Archives: Models

Photography Tip #1504 – Get drunk first

It’s incredibly important not to take this caper too seriously – sometimes it’s useful just to have a few drinks to loosen up and have a bit of fun.   All shots below were made with a D700, 24-70mm f/2.8, a bit of flash and a bottle of Remy Martin.  You can see the dangers...

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The Importance of Having Watt-Seconds

One of my biggest concerns with my speedlighting kit is whether I’ll have enough flash power to make a dent in broad daylight. Of course, using large lights is always an option but not always feasible unless you have a gimp to carry around several battery packs and heads. So when Alfie suggested we do...

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Marissa @ abandoned train yard

Some shots from the weekend. Sorry for the late update guys, but things have been getting busier. This is Marissa – and as is fairly evident she does a great job modeling. The location was the industrial complex at Ougimachi, where there was an excellent section of unused train track for shooting. At least, we...

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Jenny

Some shots from a workshop held *aaaages* ago at Tokyo’s Komazawa Park with the lovely Jenny.  Took ages to actually getting around to editing them – bloody hell!  Anyway, Jenny was stunning, as were the students as usual.  I should be worried about how good they’re getting – I’m training up photographer’s who’ll soon be...

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Just a couple from the weekend

Big thanks to all who attended the session on Sunday!  As is always the case it’s the models and the students who provide the most creative energy, with me just sitting around in the background fiddling with lights.  Occasionally I do get to take the odd shot though, and here’s a couple from the workshop....

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I’ve seen these guys before…

Video Blog #6 for Japanorama is up: Just a bit of flash fun with my two favourite Swedish models Johan and Gabriel

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Just one for now…

Sorry about the infrequent-ness of posts – been pretty slammed with stuff going on with shooting, sorting out a visa, etc. Busy, but good. Here’s just one shot from the session we had with Johan and Akiko on the weekend at Odaiba. More will come as soon as I can spare the time to go...

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Akiko

Some shots from the most recent weekend workshop – Akiko was simply incredible and just looked great no matter what we threw at her.  Here are the demonstration photos I shot to show the class what I was talking about; she absolutely killed it.  Check out her flickr page for more images of this great...

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Just a quick one….

I’m running out the door as I post this…off to the US for a week and looking forward to posting shots from that.  For the time being here’s a quick one from the Sunday workshop that I held with Alfie this last weekend. Learn how to shoot like this with Japanorama.  See you when I...

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Ella

Just a single shot from the location workshop I held with Alfie last weekend – I don’t get to shoot much at these events as I’m obviously teaching, although I’m hoping to turn that around. More info on this weekend’s studio workshop on the Japanorama website. I’m loving these Honl gels.  It’s night time, you...

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