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Zoe @ InHim Photography

Zoe @ InHim Photography

21 January, 2013

Zoe Ho, a long serving staff of Ninedays Photography, will lay her future endeavor after the end of December to InHim Photography, the organization co-owned by her and her friend Kenny.

 

We are glad to have Zoe today.

 

We would like to know more about InHim Photography. Why you and your friend Kenny come up with this idea?

 

Zoe: Kenny and I are old friends and he is arguably, the one who introduced me to photography. He is my teacher who inspired me to shooting pinhole. He has so much depth and he likes to bring his camera around the globe, capturing moments of lives nicely and also very precisely. But he is never a professional, he makes this very clear that he prefers to remain amateur. Definitely he is very skillful, more than a common photography enthusiast.

 

We have the same goal, same thinking on exploring new possibilities in photography – “InHim Photography” brings us closer to this. This will represent us in our photographic project. We had this registered as a business this July so it was also a brand name, you might say.

 

What kind of projects that InHim Photography usually works on?

 

Zoe: Mostly wedding, pre-wedding, family, event and product photography and some graphic design projects as well.

 

 

It has been running for more than two years already. There have been commercial projects, also voluntary collaborations with various non-profit organization and churches. Sometimes it is very tough to handle this side business of mine, there was a period of 6 months we suspended all the projects. Now my mind is up and I am prepared to develop only InHim Photography, at least for one whole year.

 

What are your short-term targets?

 

Zoe: There are lot of works going on. Firstly we like to focus on a specific project about a true reflection of Hong Kong. We hope we can take on some old communities of Hong Kong, make a record of the fading past.

 

Education is another area we will concentrate, especially pinhole photography. We are very eager to introduce this interesting, some may say alternative, way of photography. We will be running courses on that, as well as photography class for children.

 

Your pinhole photography won award, didn’t you?

 

Zoe: Last year’s Hong Kong photo festival, champion of the open session.

 

 

Zoe's award winning pinhole photo

 

Pinhole photography is always my personal favourite – for me photography is about truth seeking. The purer the better, the less artificial the better.

 

 

How do you understand “photography”? Either commercially or artistically? Do you have photographer that you admire?

 

Zoe: For me photography and painting is inseparable. You know what, the origin of photography used to be portrait of subject by paint and brush, only to have a plain layer of glass as the medium. Photography shares the same principle, only you draw lines and paint with light, and your camera is your tools.

 

Diane Arbus is my cult hero! All her life (though very short) she tried to capture the truth and reject any unnecessary mannerism…if only I could reach her level.

 

My first camera was a LOMO which was not reliable at all, but It was a good start nevertheless. My experience of learning photography is to know the principles and familiarize with all the lenses, lighting, setup…and ultimately forget them!

 

 

InHim Photography Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/inhim.hk

Zoe Ho, a long serving staff of Ninedays Photography, will lay her future endeavor after the end of December to InHim Photography, the organization co-owned by her and her friend Kenny.

 

We are glad to have Zoe today.

 

We would like to know more about InHim Photography. Why you and your friend Kenny come up with this idea?

 

Zoe: Kenny and I are old friends and he is arguably, the one who introduced me to photography. He is my teacher who inspired me to shooting pinhole. He has so much depth and he likes to bring his camera around the globe, capturing moments of lives nicely and also very precisely. But he is never a professional, he makes this very clear that he prefers to remain amateur. Definitely he is very skillful, more than a common photography enthusiast.

 

We have the same goal, same thinking on exploring new possibilities in photography – “InHim Photography” brings us closer to this. This will represent us in our photographic project. We had this registered as a business this July so it was also a brand name, you might say.

 

What kind of projects that InHim Photography usually works on?

 

Zoe: Mostly wedding, pre-wedding, family, event and product photography and some graphic design projects as well.

 

 

It has been running for more than two years already. There have been commercial projects, also voluntary collaborations with various non-profit organization and churches. Sometimes it is very tough to handle this side business of mine, there was a period of 6 months we suspended all the projects. Now my mind is up and I am prepared to develop only InHim Photography, at least for one whole year.

 

What are your short-term targets?

 

Zoe: There are lot of works going on. Firstly we like to focus on a specific project about a true reflection of Hong Kong. We hope we can take on some old communities of Hong Kong, make a record of the fading past.

 

Education is another area we will concentrate, especially pinhole photography. We are very eager to introduce this interesting, some may say alternative, way of photography. We will be running courses on that, as well as photography class for children.

 

Your pinhole photography won award, didn’t you?

 

Zoe: Last year’s Hong Kong photo festival, champion of the open session.

 

 

Zoe's award winning pinhole photo

 

Pinhole photography is always my personal favourite – for me photography is about truth seeking. The purer the better, the less artificial the better.

 

 

How do you understand “photography”? Either commercially or artistically? Do you have photographer that you admire?

 

Zoe: For me photography and painting is inseparable. You know what, the origin of photography used to be portrait of subject by paint and brush, only to have a plain layer of glass as the medium. Photography shares the same principle, only you draw lines and paint with light, and your camera is your tools.

 

Diane Arbus is my cult hero! All her life (though very short) she tried to capture the truth and reject any unnecessary mannerism…if only I could reach her level.

 

My first camera was a LOMO which was not reliable at all, but It was a good start nevertheless. My experience of learning photography is to know the principles and familiarize with all the lenses, lighting, setup…and ultimately forget them!

 

 

InHim Photography Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/inhim.hk