Category: Benjamin Von Wong

Photographer turns 10,000 plastic bottles into an ocean for this mermaid shoot

John Aldred

The ideas of conservation, living “green”, fighting pollution and global warming have been at the front of everybody’s mind in recent years. Well, almost everybody. It’s gotten to the point, though, where many have become numb to the relentless commercials and posters telling us to recycle and do this and that for the planet’s benefit. […]

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Photographer turns 10,000 plastic bottles into an ocean for this mermaid shoot

John Aldred

The ideas of conservation, living “green”, fighting pollution and global warming have been at the front of everybody’s mind in recent years. Well, almost everybody. It’s gotten to the point, though, where many have become numb to the relentless commercials and posters telling us to recycle and do this and that for the planet’s benefit. […]

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This photographer shot his subjects on a real lava field for these incredible images

John Aldred

There’s a whole lot one can do with Photoshop these days to put your subjects into any environment we wish. But, for me, nothing beats the authenticity of shooting on location. It seems Ben Von Wong feels the same way. For his latest project he took his model, Tau, and crew out into the middle of Hawaiian […]

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4 steps for planning your photography project by Benjamin Von Wong

John Aldred

If you’re ever looking for inspiration, you really can’t go wrong with Benjamin Von Wong, and just a quick scroll down the homepage of his website will instantly show you why. But, if you needed some more convincing then I present this video, brought to you by the folks from the Cooperative of Photography, featuring Benjamin […]

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Von Wong Tied Down a Model And Photographed Her With Sharks

Liron Samuels

In his latest adventure, Benjamin Vong Won headed to Fiji where he tied down a model to photograph her underwater with the local sharks. While this might sound scary (and crazy), the terrible stereotypes depicting sharks as menacing and terrifying creatures are exactly what Ben hopes to change with these surreal images. “As a photographer […]

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First Thoughts At The Nebula 4200 “5-Axis” Stabilizer

Benjamin Von Wong

At only 1000$, there is no other product on the market that gives you fully motorized 3-axis stabilization with shock absorbers for (rated) 1.6kg. Stabilization: Although they market it as “5-axis image stabilization”, the spring loaded handles serve more as dampeners and shock absorbers than true 5-axis stabilization. That being said, they do work rather […]

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Want To Retouch Like Von Wong? You’ll Want To Check Out This Tutorial

Udi Tirosh

If you are unfamiliar with the work of Benjamin von Wong (previously), you have probably not read DIYP in the last few years. Ben creates epic, inspiring, larger than life art and now he released a set of video tutorials explaining how he works. But I am going too fast, let me take it from the start. […]

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Benjamin Von Wong Visited A Guatemalan Garbage Dump And Brought Along A Sony a7r II

Tiffany Mueller

It seems like everyone’s been anticipating the release of Sony’s A7r ii–even if it was to see if the camera could live up to all the hype. Benjamin Von Wong was no exception. He recently purchased one to take along on a trip to Guatemala, hoping to fully test out the new camera and it’s […]

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How Benjamin von Wong Shot This Self Portrait With His Girlfriend Under The Mobius Arch

Udi Tirosh

A while back I saw that one of my favorite photographers, mr. Benjamin von Wong changed his profile picture into this great portrait with his girlfriend, Anna Tenne. I thought it was a great photo so I asked Ben how it was taken. Ben took this photos with the Sony A7r at night but some tweaks were […]

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