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Behind the Scenes of My Central Vietnam Photography Workshop – June 2025

By Etienne / June 13, 2025 / 0 Comments

Over the last weekend, I had the pleasure of having Sebastian on a private photography tour and workshop in central Vietnam. He contacted me several months ago to book a private photography tour that would take him to the best locations around Hoi An. Not only is Sebastian a great photographer and a laid-back person,…

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How to Start Your Very Own Photography Tour in Vietnam (No Skills Required!)

By Etienne / May 21, 2025 / 0 Comments

This is satire. Relax, take a deep breath, and don’t forget to laugh. All images created using ChatGPT. So… you’ve got a decent following on social media, and you’re looking to cash in? Want to travel for free, get all your expenses covered, and “grow” your portfolio without doing much? Do you want to run…

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How to approach people to take their photos in Asia

How to Approach People for Photography in Asia: Tips, Etiquette & Trust-Building

By Etienne / April 28, 2025 / 1 Comment

“So… how do you get so close to people?” This is probably the most common question I hear during my photography tours in Asia. “How do you approach people to take their photos?”. As it is now the busy season in Hoi An and I run photography tours almost every day, I feel I talk…

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Highlights from half a Year of Photography in Hoi An

By Etienne / April 27, 2025 / 0 Comments

Already this year, I have been running photography tours almost daily in Hoi An, and so I have been taking a lot of images. Even though the weather was not fantastic in March, we are now fully in summer and have the chance to witness magnificent sunrises!

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Contact Sheet from Pics of Asia

Contact Sheet #22

By Etienne / March 4, 2025 / 0 Comments

Revisiting the Contact Sheet Series Years ago, I used to regularly publish what I called “contact sheets”—a way to showcase the process behind capturing an interesting image. By sharing my thought process, I hoped to help others understand how to quickly adapt to changing situations when photographing people. I’ve decided to revive this series, though…

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Sri Lanka Photography Tour 2025: A Wild & Wonderful Adventure

By Etienne / February 1, 2025 / 2 Comments

Introduction: A Rainy But Rewarding Journey I just wrapped up the 5th edition of my photography tour in Sri Lanka, and as always, this stunning island didn’t disappoint—at least in terms of photo opportunities. The weather? Well, let’s just say it was less than cooperative. Joining me once again was Lee Starnes, who co-led the…

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Upcoming Online Photography Talk

By Etienne / January 5, 2025 / 0 Comments

Hey everyone, I would like to let you know that I will soon be having an online photo talk with a photography club in Canada. I used to do a lot of these online photography talks, but since Covid and the booming of my commercial photo and video business, I have had less time to…

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travel photography in Lombok with Pics of Asia

Travel Photography in Lombok

By Etienne / December 26, 2024 / 4 Comments

After spending two weeks travelling through Lombok and Bali, I realized I should have visited these places many years ago. My trip to Indonesia was about building a new itinerary for a brand-new travel photography tour in Lombok, with a splash of Bali. As I publish this new photography tour on the website, I’d like…

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A man walks in a coffee factory in Vietnam

Light, Patterns and Dust: A Composition Tutorial for Unlocking Visual Stories in Coffee Factories

By Etienne / November 29, 2024 / 2 Comments

For the past two weeks, I’ve been running two private photography tours in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. These tours have been all about the coffee activities that take place during this season, particularly focusing on the coffee-drying factories of Dak Lak. Before wrapping up the last tour, my friend Lee decided to join me…

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a man walks his buffaloes back home at sunset in Cambodia

Cambodia Photo Tour 2024: So Good It Looks Staged!

By Etienne / August 29, 2024 / 7 Comments

Last year, Regis from Asia Travel Photography and I drafted an itinerary for a brand-new Cambodia photo tour 2024. As Regis is almost a local in Siem Reap, I knew that we would visit the best locations for people photography, just the way I love it. I hadn’t travelled to Cambodia for over 10 years,…

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