It has been almost 2 months since his last blog. What’s keeping Willi from blogging?

On the top of the list is his new Modern Lifestyle Weddings website. Willi has heard and will finally take action. Hopefully, by the end of this month the updated website will go live.

Willi is also busy with the launch of his new albums. He’s sure working hard to get the beautiful samples ready to show you.

And last but not least are the weddings and portrait sessions. All this happening over the holiday season may be a little overwhelming, especially with Chinese New Year just a few days away, but he has promised to do his best be on schedule.

The wisest thing he did was delegating theBlog duties to me. Let me now briefly introduce myself: My name is Yim and this is my third season as Willi’s assistant. I’m sure you’ll get to know me more with each new Blog post.

The content of theBlog is still to be determined, but it will be photography related and connected with WilliWongPortraits.com and WilliWongPhotography.com. Since this is a pro bono service, I made sure that I have full editorial privileges and will do my best to keep theBlog updated on a regular basis.

Please free feel to contribute to theBlog and help me expand the services and viewer ship of theBlog.

Regards,

Yim, theAssistant

Portraits are a lifetime investment, but a portrait session can be boring and tiresome for children. From my experience, parents who are good sports and understand the importance of having fun not only enjoy the portrait session, but are also rewarded with the best images.

Forcing children to pose is not something I recommend, but well meaning parents often try to help during a photo session by telling their children to sit or stand still and look at the camera. But that often leads to rebellious behavior or at best a cheesy smile. Children are at their best when they are deeply absorbed in doing something that interest them. Simple as it sounds, but it works.

The best way to capture children is to let them be. Let my camera document the many faces of your children as they reveal them freely without inhibition. Trust them and let them lead the way. You will not be disappointed by the outcome.

Parents wanting to get the best pictures tend to supervise their children during the photo session more often than not end up frustrated and unhappy; therefore, you should simply sit back, relax, enjoy, and play with them. When you look at the photos afterward you’ll recall a memorable experience which you want to relive over and over again; now that’s a lifetime investment!

Every photo tells a story, some more meaningful than others. This is one of the few and rare photos from my family collection. As a kid growing up in a forest town far away from “civilization”, those were difficult times, a photo session was very far and few between the years.

A camera was not something you can find in a home. For this photo with my sisters, my father had to pull some strings to get it; it was an old twin lens Seagull camera; it was a property of the government. Simple as this photo is; it’s a classic in it’s presentation. My father put all three of us on the home made wooden bench and caught me and my second sister tickling my oldest sister. As you can see, putting furniture outside and photographing children is nothing new!

My father borrowed the camera a few times while we were growing up in China; those photos were the most memorable. He’s shooting with a digital camera now and I must say he was a better photographer then. Forgive me dad.

With limited resources and no chance to make any mistake he shot some beautiful photos of his children. Limitation with a desire often makes better art.

If you have an old childhood photo and would like to share the story behind it, please drop me a line.