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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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Two clients from Pics of Asia on a private photography tour in central Vietnam

A private photography tour and workshop in Asia

By Etienne / June 24, 2019 / 2 Comments

Last week was spectacular. Like really, really spectacular. Because Adam and Miguel, two Spanish Leica shooters, hired me to take them around the best spots of Central Vietnam. They wanted to do a short private photography tour and workshop somewhere in Asia. But they weren’t sure quite where. After researching the idea, they came across…

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A shipyard near Hue in Vietnam during Pics of Asia advanced photography workshop

May Central Vietnam photography Tour

By Etienne / May 16, 2018 / 7 Comments

This was a photography tour I had been waiting for a long time, a special “advanced photographers only” photography workshop around my adoptive city of Hoi An, Vietnam. For the occasion I had Drew Hopper co-leading the tour with me. The idea is to run workshops focusing on merging Travel and Street photography to create more…

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little girl in Lang Co lagoon

the beauty of Lang Co lagoon

By Etienne / May 22, 2017 / 3 Comments

Last night was the end of one more 3-day photography tour and workshop in central Vietnam. After a day and a half in and around Hoi An, we drove to the stunning lagoon of Lang Co for yet again an amazing photography session. This may have been the best afternoon I have ever spent in…

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Three Vietnamese women are carrying their catch from the boat to shore

The July photography workshop

By Etienne / July 13, 2016 / 3 Comments

I believe that as we now have late summers, July and August will be the months with the best light and colors! Anyway, another very successful 3 day photo workshop around Hoi An and Hue, with 7 participants. There was a bit of innovation this time: while in Lang Co, we met some friendly fishermen…

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A Pics of Asia photography workshop student gets waist-deep in water for the photo

May – 3 day photography workshop

By Etienne / May 12, 2016 / 1 Comment

Another splendid week end running my monthly 3 day photo workshop. Summer really is the best time to travel around central Vietnam as it is offering us the best colours and light early morning and late afternoon. Bloody hot of course, but we could handle it as we were taking long breaks in the middle…

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portrait of a Vietnamese woman

Last week end photo workshop

By Etienne / June 16, 2015 / 2 Comments

Another 3-day photography workshop wrapped this week end. As it is June we had the best sunrises and sunsets of the year, a real stunning week end! Thanks again to the participants, who really have learned a lot on this one. I know it is an intense workshop and I like to push my students,…

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ship building in Vietnam

Shipyard

By Etienne / June 12, 2015 / 0 Comments

On the lagoon is a shipyard ashore Where boats grow daily Men there surely know the wood Sculpting it shaping it Puzzling it together To create what will be home For long days at sea  

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Boy laying down in the water

The tragic destiny of Lang Co bay

By Etienne / April 2, 2015 / 11 Comments

  It is funny how sometimes your prejudices can be washed away in minutes. Or maybe it is sad. [hr style=”1,2,3,4″ margin=”40px 0px 40px 0px”] 2 weeks ago, I was leading a 3 day photography workshop through central Vietnam. We started in Hoi An, and ended up around Lang Co and Tam Giang lagoon, which…

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