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Images from Ladakh

By Etienne / August 31, 2023 / 0 Comments

Have you never heard me talking about running a photography tour in Ladakh? That is because my trip to Ladakh was a family holiday! Between two photo tours in Asia, I decided to take my family to a place that looks very different from our home of Hoi An. The Himalayan mountains of Ladakh were…

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North Vietnam photo tour with Pics of Asia

North Vietnam Photo Tour: gorgeous reflections

By Etienne / June 8, 2023 / 0 Comments

And it’s a wrap! I just ended the first edition of my “North Vietnam Reflections” photo tour, like yesterday! And once again we went and captured some incredible images of these stunning locations. As usual, I am preparing a tour report so you can see the detailed itinerary if you consider joining this tour. North…

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My new online photo gallery

By Etienne / May 27, 2023 / 1 Comment

I have finally launched my online photo gallery. After over 15 years of taking photos in Asia, I have narrowed a selection of my favourite images (thanks to your help again!). And they are now available for purchase in this new online gallery. As you know I used to have my own photo gallery in…

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an amazing new region in Vietnam for photography tour

An exciting new photography tour in Vietnam

By Etienne / May 3, 2023 / 0 Comments

I am launching a new photography tour in Vietnam in an exciting and unexplored area. Join me this year to capture photos of the most beautiful rice terraces, salt fields and fishing villages. Welcome to the land of coconut trees: Song Cau.  A new and untouched area of central Vietnam Located South of Quy Nhon…

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Tay women harvest tea leaves in Tan Uyen valley

Online Photo talk this week!

By Etienne / April 17, 2023 / 0 Comments

I will give an online talk this week for the Aperture photo club in Sydney. I will discuss my upcoming photography tour in North and Central Vietnam, and why these are amazing locations for landscape and people photography. And of course, I will be giving you some great tips for people photography! The talk will…

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Vietnam photo tour in central Vietnam with Pics of Asia

The first Vietnam photo tour of the year: magic conditions.

By Etienne / February 22, 2023 / 2 Comments

Last month I ran the first official Vietnam photo tour of the year for Pics of Asia. A private photography tour that would take us to the beautiful lagoon located between Hoi An and Hue city. We were not sure how the weather would play, as January had seen some pretty bad conditions. Lucky for…

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Pics of Asia video of the Bangladesh photo tour 2022

Bangladesh photo tour 2022 – The video

By Etienne / February 17, 2023 / 8 Comments

I have finally found the time to finish editing all the footage that I shot last year during my photography tour in Bangladesh. I wanted to create a dynamic feeling for this one, as Bangladesh is such a dynamic country! I hope you enjoy it! If you would like to join many other happy students…

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Canon RF mount 85mm f1.2 lens review

Canon RF 85mm f1.2 review… After a day with it.

By Etienne / January 30, 2023 / 4 Comments

The last month was a very exciting one. I got to spend 3 days shooting and discovering a new area. And I got to do that using the Canon RF 85mm f1.2, for one of these days. One of my previous posts is a very long-term (8 years!) review of Fujifilm cameras. Today I will…

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A Vietnamese woman with a conical hat is throwing fertilizer in the tea trees in Dalalt

A scouting trip into the Central Vietnam Highlands

By Etienne / January 23, 2023 / 4 Comments

I am now sitting in the middle of nowhere. Literally, there is nothing to do around here, as I am in the countryside of Thai Binh province celebrating the new year. And I remember this fantastic trip I took last week to explore the mountains of the central Vietnam Highlands. A student of mine wanted…

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Copyright Janet Powick

ICM Intentional camera movement case study – Part 2

By Etienne / January 10, 2023 / 4 Comments

If you missed the first case study I did about ICM (intentional camera movement) please check it out here. To summarize, I was introducing the concepts of ICM and how it can be applied to people photography, through the eyes of Janet Powick. Janet is an Australian photographer who has been experimenting with this technique…

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