Hong Kong Family & Pet Mini Sessions | Fall 2026

I hold these Mini Fall Photo Sessions on Saturday mornings on several select dates in October and November. They take place at Repulse Bay Beach (by the Tin Hau Temple) and at the Botanical Gardens in Central.

Because these sessions are run tightly back-to-back, please arrive a few minutes early, and leave a little extra time to find parking if you are driving!

We shoot fast and efficiently for 15 minutes. I always start with full family shots, followed by various breakout combinations and single portraits.

Within 10 days of your session, I will post a private online gallery with roughly 30 unedited "proof" images for you to look through.

Once you make your 10 selections, I fully edit and deliver them via a downloadable link.

If you love the whole set, you can upgrade to purchase the entire edited gallery for an additional HKD 950.

Mini Sessions are strictly designed for one immediate family, up to a maximum of 5 people.

To put it in perspective, a family of 6 broken down into all possible groupings (singles, doubles, triples, etc.) equals 63 different combinations. In a 15-minute window, that means chasing one specific shot every 14 seconds.

I'm good, but I'm not that good!

Even a group of 5 whittles down to 31 combinations, or about 30 seconds per shot. (And okay, I am that good.)

But you still need a bit of time to get actual personality into the photos. (Fifteen seconds is a mugshot!)

In my experience, a Mini Session is absolutely perfect for Mom, Dad, and a kid or two.

If you want to include grandparents, cousins, or extended family, please book two slots back-to-back. That gives us a much more relaxed 35 minutes to play with (by using my scheduled buffer break) so we can capture all those extra family groupings without anyone feeling rushed.

Yes!

Actually, in the USA, where the fall Mini Session is big business, ten minutes is normal, usually with five hi-res files. Costs the same as mine, or even much more.

In those sessions the photographers usually follow a strict ‘template’ of what shots to get.

I don’t do that, I get the full family photos out of the way and then try to get a little bit of my style in there, letting the kids play around a bit.

I have photographed thousands and thousands of kids, I am ridiculously efficient. My approach is perfect for the Hong Kong Mini Session.

Absolutely. Dogs are family, too!

Available only at Repulse Bay Mini Sessions.

Fifteen minutes is actually the absolute sweet spot for dogs (and kids)—long enough to get great portraits and action shots before their attention span runs out.

If you’re bringing a pup, just make sure they remain on a leash, and try to arrive 10 minutes early so they can burn off some excess energy and get their sniffing out of the way before your clock starts.

(Note: Your dog counts toward my 5-subject limit per slot!)