Honourable Mention at The International Photography Awards 2012, USA

Honourable Mention at Prix De La Photographie 2012, Paris

Wai Teik participated in rebranding campaign aimed to elevate Hoperise as the go-to brand for China’s hipsters.

To differentiate the sub-brands, Hoperise Designer was shot entirely in a studio with hard lighting.

Planning, creative concept development, art direction and overseeing post production touch-up.

Silver Award at the New Images Photography Awards 2012, USA

Honourable Mention at The International Photography Awards 2012, USA

Honourable Mention at Prix De La Photographie 2012, Paris

This series of well-composed yet seemingly incidental shots underscores the essence of Hoperise Casual.

Wai Teik shot the subject first, followed by the foregrounds to accommodate Hu Bing’s busy schedule. Both were then composited in post production.

A testament of Wai Teik’s technical finesse and resourcefulness.

Honourable Mention at the Prix De La Photographie 2008, Paris

Colours and hues were used to evoke nostalgia, solitude and sentimentality.

This series frames a demolished landmark for posterity.

1st Runner-up at XTO Image Awards 2010, USA

Honourable Mention at The International Photography Awards 2010, USA

Original creative concept inspired by light to elicit a sense of well being, rejuvenation and re-birth.

The series of images alludes to the magical rebirthing of one’s body and spirit with it comes into contact with Biotherm products.

A celebration of the human form with an eye for the sublime, made perfect with the right lighting and advanced digital imaging skill.

Honourable Mention at The International Photography Awards 2010, USA

Inspired by the nesting instincts of birds.

For a touch of whimsical surrealism, model was perched on trees nymph-like - sometimes camouflaged, and sometimes flaunting her presence.

Highlights Wai Teik’s ability to grasp both the abstract and concrete.

2 Honourable Mentions at The International Photography Awards 2008, USA

Inspired by and developed for magazine article about women in power.

The right ambience to complement the power poses of the model was achieved with hard half-lighting.

Post production digital imaging to merge two distinct images into one.

2 Honourable Mentions at The International Photography Awards 2008, USA

Close collaboration with BatesAsia Singapore and NCADA to bring a technically complex mixed-media campaign to life.

Meticulous planning prior to and during the shoot to ensure that the picture could be effortlessly adapted for mixed media.

Oversaw post production work to ensure: Ideal composition of 3 different shots into one. Original shot fitted the spray-on graffiti seamlessly.

Honourable Mention at the Prix De La Photographie 2009, Paris

Subject matter - trains and transitions - is an poetic allegory of a personal odyssey.

Deep focus was used to evoke a sense of transience and being lost in transition.