A behind the scenes blog about Vancouver Commercial Photographer and Editorial Photographer Jimmy Jeong. Short little stories about covering some of the best photography assignments in and around the lower mainland.
So a few months back I was assigned by Mackenzie Lad from ROB magazine to photograph the CEO of Pure Sunfarms. At the time it was not slotted for the cover . I’d find out later that they had chosen the photo to be the cover of the Top Growing Companies issue. Which is always an honour and super cool.
Read MoreI had told my six-year old I was going to photograph a summer camp for Korean kids. And he asked if he was Korean enough to one day go because he was only half-Korean. He was exploring his identity with his questions.
Read MoreLife In A Ming Dynasty by Hanfu Culture society at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Culture meets Cosplay. For the Globe.
Read MoreAfter the floodwaters started to recede from the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford, B.C., Raj Braich felt blessed that his property was left undamaged. But surveying the aftermath of the November storms that caused an estimated $1-billion in damage to the region’s homes and fertile farmland, Mr. Braich realized that many of his neighbours had not been so lucky.
Mr. Braich is a certified heavy duty mechanic and so are most of his friends. So he put in a call to fellow mechanic Gurpreet Gill and the two decided to put their skills to use helping their community.
Read MorePeople participate in a dance at the Fire Dragon Festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Saturday. The dance can be traced back 140 years to the village of Hai Tang, in Hong Kong. ‘The Fire Dragon is a symbol of this community’s resilience and how it has come together to fight against racism and to create something special as we begin to recover from the pandemic,’ according to Charmaine Yip, executive director at Vancouver Chinatown BIA Society.
Read MoreA BTS look at my assignment photographing KJ Apa for Men’s Health Magazine Australia.
Read MoreAbCellera CEO Carl Hansen for The Logic.
Read MoreI want to share some of the portraits I worked on during April of 2020. Just as people started to learn the extent of this pandemic. I titled it Faces of Exhaustion on the frontlines against Covid-19. A series I pitched to Maclean’s and was lucky to have it accepted.
Read MoreI had a fun shoot covering Elias Pettersson for Sportsnet Magazine. I’ve photographed athletes before but this great story by writer David Singh was different.
Read MoreA portrait of Iron Chef Canada winner Chef Alex Chen.
Read MoreSo the invitation to hang out with a group of much older teens on Aug. 7 was a thrill. But the warm, summer night ended with Carson’s death from an apparent overdose, as he was taunted by people he thought were his friends. Instead of calling for help, they made him a meme. —Nancy Macdonald, The Globe and Mail
Read MorePhotographing sports with a Nikon Z6 and 180-400mm lens. Just perfect.
Read MoreA summer of protests on the mountain.
Read MorePhotographing NHL Maple Leafs’ player Morgan Rielly For Sportsnet
Read MoreHomeless Camp at Oppenheimer Park
Read MoreOn Thursday April 11th I get a text from Liz Sullivan, the Director of Photography at Maclean’s, asking me if I’d be interested in covering election night in Alberta. The election was the following Tuesday. My response “Totally” with four exclamation marks. I love covering politics especially big elections. And being an Albertan ex-pat I had been watching the heated exchanges between the Notley’s NDP and Kenney’s UCP. So I send a quick expense quote and get a good-to-go the next day.
Read MoreSince 2009, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en people and its supporters have occupied a camp that blocks proposed oil and gas pipelines in northern British Columbia, Canada.
According to their website, ‘the Unis’tot’en are known as the toughest of the Wet’suwet’en as their territories were not only abundant, but the terrain was known to be very treacherous.’ In January, 2019, an armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police force entered Wet’suwet’en territory without their consent and arrested 14 people.
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