About Justin Ng
In the world of photography, the name Justin Ng is steadily rising and becoming recognized as an award-winning photographer based in Singapore. Starting out as a self-taught photographer in September 2010, Justin Ng has garnered his photographic experience from a diverse range of subjects, events and locations eventually earning recognition and publication in world-famous media so
urces like the BBC, CNN, National Geographic, Yahoo!, Space.com, EarthSky, UniverseToday and just to name afew. To learn more about him and what is in store for you with respect to his special skills, here are some of the categories that he excels in:
Actual Day, ROM and Pre-Wedding Photography
Justin Ng officially started with wedding photography when he first launched his business via Facebook in September 2010. Within a few months, he was granted admission to three premiere photography associations: (1) The AG|WPJA or the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association, which is an international organization of wedding photojournalists who shoot in artistic styles and capture unscripted wedding moments; (2) The Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) which is dedicated to the special interests and needs of wedding and portrait photographers; and, (3) the Royal Photographic Society which is the world’s oldest photographic society in existence. In the years that followed since he started his wedding photography business, he has received multiple awards from the AG|WPJA international wedding photography competitions and he has been named as one of Asia’s Top 30 Photographers by Signature Weddings. Sports and Events Photography
On the other side of the broad spectrum of capturing images, Justin Ng established himself more than capable of capturing highly dynamic and intense photographs that are more sports and event related. For instance, he became an official photographer of Singapore Karting Championship several times in 2012. He also became official photographer for Singapore National Games, One Fighting Championship and SCC Rugby 7s at Padang in the same year. His first stint as an events photographer started during the Vision Magic by Lawrence Khong and Priscilla Khong, and Chingay 2011 celebration, after which, he became its official photographer for the event in the succeeding years, 2012, 2013 and 2014. He was also the official photographer for Miss Bikini International Singapore 2012. Astrophotography
Among his many claims to fame, Justin Ng can be considered highly famous because of his astounding astrophotographs that have found their way into the most notable publications. It was during most of 2013 when his astrophotographs landed in National Geographic, like his photos of the Milky Way in Mount Bromo and his photo of the Eta Aquarid Meteor became one of National Geographic Editors’ Favorites. His photo of 3 native Indonesians under the Milky Way galaxy which was published in National Geographic was ranked No. 2 among more than 1.4 million photos. His “Yi Peng Lantern Festival” photo was also featured in the same magazine as well as in the New York Daiy News, Huffington Post, Time Magazine, The Guardian, The Washington Post and other news media. Other astrophotographs like the Perseids Meteor Shower, Nova Delphini 2013, Moon Halo and Milkyway, Comet ISON and Lovejoy images were picked up by online science sites like EarthSky.org, UniverseToday and Space.com. Timelapse Photography
In 2012, Justin Ng expanded his bag of tricks and moved up a level into Timelapse Photography. His most famous Timelapse video, the Mount Bromo Timelapse movie, was featured in both EarthSky’s and Space.com’s page and website, several times. The actual story of the video was featured in WorldNews.com, Mashable, Mother Nature Network and other related online sites. In fact, this video won the Grand Prize in the World Photography Awards (Timelapse category) and PDN Photo Annual Winner of the Year on April 2013. Other notable achievements
Apart from his noteworthy advances in his fields of photography, Justin Ng also has these notable achievements under his belt:
- First photographer in Singapore to launch his own iPhone application, which won People’s Choice Award during the Asia’s Top 50 Apps 2011 competition
- Successfully organized a ONE FC photoshoot for photography enthusiasts in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia. Last ONE FC event in Manila in Dec 2013 saw more than 1000 photography enthusiasts supporting the photoshoot event.
- Finalist in 2013 Sony World Photography Awards (Top 10 entries out of more than 122,000 entries from 170 countries)
- Second Prize, 2013 Sony Singapore National Award
- 2nd Place (Professional), International Photography Awards 2013
- PDN Photo Annual Winner of the Year 2013
- Asia’s Top 30 Photographers by Signature Weddings
- Top 6 Landscape Photographers in the World by Pixoto.com
- Canon EOS World Photographer of the Year 2013
- Writer / Content Contributor at Space.com
- Writer at SLR Lounge
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