Hang-LeMy name is Hang Le and welcome to my blog Faces & Features. I am a Melbourne based female photographer. Here you can keep up to date with new projects and find photo galleries of my work focusing on people – lifestyle, family portraits, promotions, community events, the arts and entertainment.

Thank-you for visiting. Please stop by again.

Lifestyle. Colour. Adventure….a portrait promotion for men. Whether you need photos for online dating, to promote your profile, or just look your best, show your style with a collection of photographs to impress.

From $1499 for a full day photo session at 2 outdoor locations including 8 prints and selected images on disk.  Please contact for further details.

A great combination for portrait photography: men, bikes and tattoos. Tom was a gracious participant modeling for us on the day. These photos were taken at ACCA,  Malthouse Theatre and Organ Pipes National Park, using Nikon CLS speedlight off-camera.

Alanna and Alicia Egan Band are an engaging quartet delivering folk songs with warmth and humour. These promotional photos were taken at The Clifton Hill Hotel. Check out their myspace page.

Alanna and Alicia

Alanna and Alicia Egan Band

Alanna and Alicia Promotion Photoshoot

I love this candid out take.

Inspired by American photographer Clay Enos, i set up a quick outdoor studio to make these pictures of locals and shoppers passing by at Sparta Place, Brunswick which has a great corner cafe Tres Espresso and a growing collection of unique fashion boutiques.

Thanks to everyone who stopped for a chat and let me take their photo.

sparta_1

sparta_2

saprta_3

I look for contrast as a feature when photographing babies and newborns. Here I love the contrast in size and tone.

Fingers

Hands

Holding Feet

I had the privilege of photographing a special Taiko workshop held at the Melbourne Recital Centre. It was conducted by Eiichi Saito of the group Kodo from Japan. View here for a slideshow of the full workshop.

Kodo Workshop 2

Kodo Workshop 1

Kodo Workshop 3

Usually at this time of year i perform in a concert of Japanese Taiko drumming with our group class Wadaiko Rindo. I decided to take a break this past semester, so i had the opportunity to enjoy the performance from the audience – with my camera. Wadaiko Rindo is lead by Toshi Sakamoto.

Head over to my Flickr Set for a slideshow of the whole concert.

Rindo Taiko Concert

Female taiko drummers

taiko drummer

odaiko silhouette

Dancer

This was taken around 4pm down by the Coburg Lake using one speedlight flash off camera.

Here is the original environment.

Daylight setting

Daylight setting

Here is the onelight portrait.

onelight portrait

One Light Portrait

I recently assisted on a wedding with my friend Ken of Hikari Photography. There are always great photo opportunities with the flower girls dressed up in their beautiful dresses and these girls were full of life and energy all day long.

Flower Girls Running

Flower Girls Jumping

Flower Girls