Hong Kong Kids Photographer | Candid Children's Portraits Since 2007

Hong Kong Kids Photography FAQ

Where do your Hong Kong family photos sessions take place?

• Anywhere in Hong Kong, parks, harbourfront, your neighbourhood, Stanley, Sai Kung, Discovery Bay, Kowloon, or somewhere meaningful to your family.

• Explore my full guide to dozens of Hong Kong family photo locations →

• I also offer hybrid Home Studio + Location sessions for families who want a mix of indoor and outdoor portraits. Perfect for those busy Sunday afternoons when it’s packed everywhere in HK.

When is the best time to book a kids portrait session in Hong Kong?

• Now families often wait until kids are older, but the toddler and early childhood years go fast, and they're some of the most rewarding to photograph. There's no perfect moment.

The perfect moment was probably in the past!

How do you get natural, unposed results from children who won't cooperate?

• My approach is simple: give kids something real to do and let the expression follow. No "Say Cheese", ever. At a beach session that might be skipping stones or being spun by a parent. At a park, following a koi fish or crouching down to look at something in the grass. Real activity produces real expressions. My job is to be ready for that moment. Yours is to play with your kids and trust that I'll take care of the rest.

Can you photograph teenagers who hate having their photo taken?

• Teenagers are actually some of my favourite subjects, partly because getting a genuine expression from a reluctant 14-year-old is a real challenge, and I'm good at it. I don't push, I don't pose, and I don't make it weird. Give me twenty minutes with a skeptical teen and I'll have something they'd actually want on their own wall and share with their friends.

What should we wear?

• Keep it simple and comfortable, clothes your kids will actually move in. Think coordinated over perfectly matching.

• Here is my guide on What to Wear for Family Photos in Hong Kong (and What to Avoid)

Can we include the family pet(s)?

• Absolutely! Pets are family, but they aren’t allowed in some of the public places where family photography is popular in Hong Kong. I have some great ideas about how to accomplish, and get some nice stand-alone portraits of your dog and/or cat along the way.

• Check this page for some samples of family pet photography.

Why do you call yourself a “kids portrait photographer” rather than a “family photographer”?

• Because that's what I actually am. From 2007 to 2018 I never showed a family portrait on my website, never used the word "family" anywhere. Of course every session included the family photo for the wall and the holiday card, but my real focus was always the kids. Getting a portrait where a parent looks at it and says "that's soooo her!" That's what I was after. Around a quarter of my sessions back then were kids only, parents would come along and deliberately stay out of frame. (Or send the kids with the helper.) They didn't want a family portrait. They wanted portraits of their children.

• By 2016 that approach had built me 100,000+ followers on Facebook, people stopping to look at photos of kids that actually looked like kids.

• The industry moved toward styled, posed "family photography" and I didn't move with it. That's not a criticism of anyone, it's just not what I do best.