Billy ONAIR Photography

The Journey Begins

I am Billy Hung – The man behind Billy ONAIR Photography; and I have a story to tell!

I was studying engineering in London when I watched “Collage of Life” – a Japanese movie that narrated, a photography based love story. The spectacular photographs shown in the movie caught my attention. I was impressed and lured into the world of photography where I learned that the powerful images we see are not just images – they are perceptions – different for everyone who looks through the camera lens.

I was hooked!

Photography for me was something in-between reality and creation – I was in complete awe of this art. Hence, I began learning the skills: took out an old camera and shot everything from landscapes, streets, to the little things in my room.

It was in 2008 that I took my first formal lessons of the skill. A course in portrait photography that taught me the use of lighting, the dynamics of posed photographs, and the art of making people look confident and pretty in the photographs.

After the course, I returned to Hong Kong and began working as a Finance IT analyst. But I didn’t give up on photography and I never thought that I’d take up photography full time as a career. A close friend had her wedding and wanted me to do her wedding portrait shoot for her. I did, and put them up online – that was when it all began, with people asking about my photography service. In addition to my job I began working a part time wedding and portrait photographer.

What can I say; I had found my true calling

After a few years of juggling a stable career as an IT analyst and the part-time photography business, I decided to end my IT career and focus on photography. That was when I opened up my personal photography studio with professional portraits and wedding photography services.