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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.

Tag Archives: Photojournalism

Pimp my CEO

Last week had to shoot some portraits of MTV Japan’s newest CEO. This man will be at the forefront of bringing out such shows like Pimp My Shinkansen, Tokyo’s Best Kabuki Crew, Takeshi and Butt-head, The Roppongi Hills, and so on.  (Hah, The Roppongi Hills, good one Irwin). Sometimes I think I need a better...

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Men with big sticks

I’ve always wondered about how well a golf club would serve you in a zombie attack. It doesn’t seem very sturdy, and you’d really have to connect with the club to do any damage, and it seems rather difficult to wield. This is about as far as my interest in the sport of golf extends....

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Aomori, Part 1

To those of you who’ve been wondering where I’ve been due to my lack of postings, I’ve been on holiday and have just gotten back into the swing of things.  I went to Aomori – quite possibly the dreariest city I’ve visited in Japan, and while there was a decided lack of excitement, there were...

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3 lights, 1 chair

Behold veteran journalist and media personality Torigoe Shuntaro. This is a cover shot for the magazine of the Tokyo American Club, for some kind of article.  I’m usually not very well apprised of the story but I always do my research on my subjects.  Gotta have something to talk to your subject about, so you...

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More shots from the Old Tokaido Road

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