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 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.
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