About Allspire Photography
Allspire, comes from the idea of "inspire all", is the motto and also the goal of this company as we at Allspire believe in "a picture says more than a thousand words". Photography is more than snapping pictures. It comes in requiring not only the right skill and technique to capture but the touch of freezing that particular split second. Specializes in wedding and portrait photography, both John and Joie have the touch of seizing "the moment" in them.
With the exploration to arts and performance, Joie has years of training and experience in contemporary dance and stage lighting design. His sensitive sense and passion in the beauty of detail, light and life allow him to encompass the key that touches heart in his pictures. He has been in photography for over 12 years and got into this industry since 4 years ago. Whereas John, a world traveler for more 3 years, embraces his passion in seeing and exhibiting the world through the projection of the viewfinder he never stop excavating the beauty of this planet that is beyond words.
They both see the very same world from a very different perspective and they decided to bring their inspirations together to this formation of Allspire. Through their eyes they see the presence of timing, like Edward Abbey (1927-1989) said, "our job is to record, each in his own way, the time that will never come again exactly as it is today".
About Joie Koo
Besides having strong passion, skill and touch in photography Joie has been a contemporary dancer since early 90s where he’s trained in Ballet and Contemporary Dance by well-known Contemporary Dance pioneers including Mr Choo Tee Kuang and Ms. Loke Soh Kim, who returned from Hong Kong as professional dancers of City Contemporary Dance Company, Aida Redza a Denmark based Malaysian Contemporary Dance researcher and another renowned professional dancer who based in New York, Joyce Lim.
His involvement in arts and performance has broaden his horizon where he develops his movements into choreography, exercises his sensitivity in stage lighting into lighting design, and encompasses his exposures and realization into his photography.
About John Lee
Having the privilege of his job to travel around the globe before becoming a photographer, John realizes the world has her unique way in telling her true beauty.
With his dedication and commitment he learned that photography is a very interesting and effective way to transform saying into still picture. That is when he decided to go into this voyage of mastering the technique of expression and communication.
And his travelling life has got him a good platform to spread his wings for his love for food where he gets to snap food around the world.