Every time I’m leading this trip, and we get to the Mekong Delta, we take a small boat down the narrow canals near the floating market in Can Tho..and as we are cruising the canals, with the motor chugging along, I get these visions of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic film, Apocalypse Now. You know, it’s the scene where they are on the patrol boat heading down the river…..
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Gooooooood Morning Vietnam!
This year’s Vietnam photo tour is just getting started. I’ve got a full trip (10 photographers) and we set out onto the streets of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) today. Here are a few images. I found myself doing quite a bit of panning today. I guess I was trying to capture the frenetic activity […]
Luang Prabang, Laos
After two days on the Mekong river, traveling from the Thailand border through the small village of Pak Beng, our photo tour group has now arrived in Luang Prabang. The city name of Luang Prabang literally means: “Royal Buddha Image it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in north central Laos, where the Nam Khan […]
Northern Thailand & Burma Border
Shooting multiple images of the same subject is important. Here are some examples from today, including two images from the hill tribes of northern Thailand and two from the Burmese border town of Tachilek.
When you find a good subject or scene, it makes sense to shoot multiple frames, so as to capture different emotions, as in the girl’s expression above, or just to be able to have both a vertical and horizontal image of a compelling scene.
Muay Thai Kick Boxing, Patpong, Bangkok
Muay Thai is a martial art from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese styles of kickboxing, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and Muay Lao from Laos. Descended from muay boran, Muay Thai is Thailand’s national sport and there is […]
Southeast Asia Photo Tour: Bangkok
Guard at Royal Palace Sorry folks, no time to pontificate, I’m trying to get this post up ASAP. We’re off to dinner at Mango Tree restaurant here in Patpong, then we’ll shoot the night market and Thai kick boxing. So, for now, just a few images shot today, our fist day of this year’s photo […]
Chocolate Hills, Bohol Philippines
The small island of Bohol, about 2 hours flying time southeast of Manila, holds two of the Philippines’ most unique and interesting attractions; the tiny Tarsier and the amazing and peculiar, Chocolate Hills. The Chocolate Hills are probably Bohol’s most famous tourist attraction. They look like giant mole hills and remind us of the hills […]
Jaipur: The Pink City
Jaipur is India’s pink city, its old section of town made entirely of pink sandstone and surrounded by a high wall. We entered the city through one of the archways and made our way to the famous Hawa Mahal, or “palace of the winds”. During the day we visited Amber fort, the observatory and spent time having our picture taken on the street by a man with an ancient view camera…
Pushkar After the Rain
What an amazing morning we had! We woke to crystal clear, star filled skies at 6:00 am and headed down to the fairgrounds. The light was truly spectacular.
Pushkar Photo Extravaganza Continues!
Yesterday it rained all day, which is unheard of for Rajasthan in November, but made for some wonderfully unique photos with great reflections and deep saturated colors (see yesterday’s post). In the afternoon we had a clear sky and luckily came across a rearing horse just as we were re-entering the fairgrounds!
