…continued from this post, but just Nat this time.

Nat turned thir... I mean, twenty one this year ;-) We spent the afternoon walking through Hong Kong — the city she grew up in — to mark the milestone with something understated: a quiet, cinematic portrait session in the streets she knows best.

She had first found out about me after being a bridesmaid in her friend’s wedding in Singapore — one of those quiet overlaps where life hands you a future frame before you realize it. A month later, we were shooting in her home city. It started with a few portraits alongside her best friend Ellie the day prior, then shifted into a solo session — reflective, relaxed, and personal.

We moved between Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay. Chill and spontaneous. Just city reflections, backlight on the crosswalks, and a gentle kind of presence that doesn’t need to be directed. A birthday shoot, yes — but also a keepsake from this season of her life.

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Cinematic 30th birthday portraits photographed in Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay, Hong Kong — February 2025. A lifestyle session with Nat and her best friend Ellie, captured by redsheepphotocinema and @_elsewherelse using Leica M11, Q3, and SL2. Shot with a candid, natural-light approach to mark a personal milestone in her home city.