T he 2016 Amazing Myanmar Jim Cline Photo Tours Trip is complete and I’m back in the office putting together a few blog posts with images from an incredible two weeks of shooting with a fantastic group of enthusiastic photographers. We get a lot of shooting in during our trip and often times I hear from participants that “we need more down time” and they are correct. My long time associate and local tour leader Mr. MM and I have been trying to figure out what stops we can eliminate in order to slow the pace down a bit, but we can’t seem to decide what to sacrifice, since all the locations are so awesome!
Although 25 to 30 shots is my usual number of photos in a post, for the first time, I’m posting 100 shots. Yes, that’s right, 100 images, and these 100 are from just the first few days of the tour. Myanmar is indeed, so rich in photo opportunities, that even if we had 24 hours of available light, we probably couldn’t even begin to exhaust all the incredible photographic possibilities that the country has to offer.
I’ll be making a few more blog posts about our Myanmar adventure, but for now, enjoy this selection of my 100 favorites from the first 2 and 1/2 days of the trip.
Shwedegon Pagoda, Yangon
Patrick
Shwedegon Pagoda, Yangon
Shwenandaw Monastery
Kirit
Angkorian bronze statues at Mahamuni Temple, Mandalay
MM
Cindy
Kuldeep
Ivy
Roseanne
Under Mingun Bell
Ubien Bridge
Great photos, Karl, documenting everyday life in beautiful Myanmar! Wish I’d been there, too.
Great shots as usual Karl and beautiful use of light. Perhaps you should run a workshop on finding and using light!
Thanks Sally and Darrell, Wish you were both there on the trip (again). Great idea about doing a “finding the light workshop”. I do actually spend a fair amount of time helping folks “find the light”. With so many photo ops in Myanmar, one of the first things to remember is that one can basically “write off” about 50 percent of the possible shots we see at any given location, due to unfavorable light conditions. As you both know, I go “hunting” in the deep, dark, dirty, smelly parts of the marketplaces and temples, because that’s where the beautiful light often exists. Those who follow me there get a lesson on low-light photography and are able to practice “finding the light”. Hope to see both of you on another trip soon!
Brought back so many happy memories. Wonderful collection Karl with your usual ability to make the normal exceptional and capture the spirit, colour and emotion of the country
Thanks Marco,
Your kind words are much appreciated!
Cheers,
Karl
Wonderful. Truly inspirational work. Love the everyday scenes and interactions.