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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

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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travel and people photography online photo talk

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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Photograpohy tour in Saigon

Photography tours in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City): I have tested for you

By Etienne / August 5, 2024 / 0 Comments

Photography tours in Asia are getting very popular, and you can find someone running tours or workshops pretty much everywhere you go. I have tested two different photography tours in Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh City) to help you decide which one you should go for. Spoiler: it is going to be hard to choose!…

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taking photos in Hoi An old town market

Taking photos in Hoi An Market

By Etienne / July 24, 2024 / 2 Comments

I have adopted Hoi An as my home for the last 17 years, and I have been taking photos in Hoi An for a long time. Even though I spend most of my time taking photos in the countryside around Hoi An, I still go and photograph Hoi An market very often. And it is…

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my favourite images in 2024

My favourite photos for 2024… so far!

By Etienne / July 19, 2024 / 4 Comments

Before I venture into my international photography tours (I will begin in a week with a photography tour in Cambodia!) I’d like to share with you my favourite photos for 2024, captured in Vietnam in 2024. Most of these images were taken while running Hoi An Photo Tours, and they are all from central Vietnam.…

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photography tour in central Vietnam with Pics of Asia

A Giant Central Vietnam Photography Tour: Capturing Hidden Gems

By Etienne / June 26, 2024 / 0 Comments

This was the first edition of my giant Central Vietnam photography tour, where I brought a group of highly motivated students to my favorite locations. This tour is a blend of several shorter photography tours I’ve been running for years. And since I’m based in this area, it allows us to explore the best spots…

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