Vietnam and Cambodia
These photos were taken during my trip to Vietnam and Cambodia in November and December 2018 with Lightandland. We visited Ha Noi, spend a a night on a Victory Cruise amongst the islands in Ha Long Bay, then flew down to Hue, the former Imperial capital, visiting the Imperial Citadel. From there we took a coach down to Hoi An, a pretty coastal town popular with tourists, then back to Da Nang for a flight to Sai Gon. we then suffered more hours driving down to Can Tho in the Mekong Delta to visit floating markets and ladies repairing fishnets at Bac Lieu, then back to Sai Gon for time in the city. I then flew to Siem Reap for four nights with a local photographer to visit the temples of Angkor Wat. These photos include traffic on the Long Bien railway bridge, designed by Gustave Eiffel, the Duonglam heritage Village with lunch in a family house there, a manufacturer of fish traps in a village in Hung Yen province, Hue and the Imperial Citadel in the rain, lots of floating markets and walks around Saigon including the Thien Hau Chinese temple. Dennis Craggs December 2018
n is a tourist centre and a great clutter of people and activity so it can be ult to achieve a simple image. A fellow traveller and I went out early morning ound this location by the river. We planned this shot and had to wait a while e ideal candidate to pass by. She was very helpful, perhaps a little bemused, adly accepted our dollar for her duties walking up and down a few times in of this heritage building in order that we might catch the best position and g. Having done that, she went on her way to market and we moved on happy. not even my dollar that did it. I do like the textures on the wall. The photo is ps inspired by Hahn, a French photographer with a gallery in Hoi An, who a similar image from across the river. We bought his book.
Hoi An is a tourist centre and a great clutter of people and activity so it can be difficult to achieve a simple image. A fellow traveller and I went out early morning and found this location by the river. We planned this shot and had to wait a while for the ideal candidate to pass by. She was very helpful, perhaps a little bemused, but gladly accepted our dollar for her duties walking up and down a few times in front of this heritage building in order that we might catch the best position and timing. Having done that, she went on her way to market and we moved on happy. It was not even my dollar that did it. I do like the textures on the wall. The photo is perhaps inspired by Hahn, a French photographer with a gallery in Hoi An, who took a similar image from across the river. We bought his book.
g my tour of Vietnam we drove down from Saigon to Can Tho In the Mekong for a few days. During our stay we bussed down to a factory in an industrial of Bac Lieu, well off the tourist beaten tracks, and visited this factory where are employed to repair fishnets by hand (the Mekong Delta is one of the t fishing areas in the world). For a few dollars each, the ladies spent an hour posed amongst the colourful blue fishnets for our cameras. The scene was posed, which some photographers do not approve of, but I enjoyed this n a great deal and the results are really quite stunning. All of the shops are held and it was quite dark in there so I used high ISO.
During my tour of Vietnam we drove down from Saigon to Can Tho In the Mekong Delta for a few days. During our stay we bussed down to a factory in an industrial area of Bac Lieu, well off the tourist beaten tracks, and visited this factory where ladies are employed to repair fishnets by hand (the Mekong Delta is one of the richest fishing areas in the world). For a few dollars each, the ladies spent an hour or so posed amongst the colourful blue fishnets for our cameras. The scene was quite posed, which some photographers do not approve of, but I enjoyed this session a great deal and the results are really quite stunning. All of the shops are hand held and it was quite dark in there so I used high ISO.
s another photograph taken at a factory in Bac Lieu, Vietnam, of the ladies ing fishnets. These ladies were quite patient for us but they probably made money posing for photographs than they do repairing the nets. This was in a little side room in the factory and was very dark although the light d through the window, so I had to ramp up the ISO to 6400. The camera ges quite well enough. It's completely posed, this isn't real work.
This is another photograph taken at a factory in Bac Lieu, Vietnam, of the ladies repairing fishnets. These ladies were quite patient for us but they probably made more money posing for photographs than they do repairing the nets. This was taken in a little side room in the factory and was very dark although the light played through the window, so I had to ramp up the ISO to 6400. The camera manages quite well enough. It's completely posed, this isn't real work.
our of Vietnam took us to Hue, the old Imperial capital in the centre of the ry. We were joined on our tour of the Imperial citadel by two models, Phuong Thuy, who spent the day for us in the national costume modelling very ssionally in various locations around Hue. I took a number of lovely graphs in this location but selected this one because it shows something of chitecture of the citadel and not just the ladies.
Our tour of Vietnam took us to Hue, the old Imperial capital in the centre of the country. We were joined on our tour of the Imperial citadel by two models, Phuong and Thuy, who spent the day for us in the national costume modelling very professionally in various locations around Hue. I took a number of lovely photographs in this location but selected this one because it shows something of the architecture of the citadel and not just the ladies.
g our stay in Han oi we visited a manufacturer of fish traps in a village in Hung Yen province, some drive from the capital. It was a great location for photography and definitely not on the main tourist This guy was the chief and was very obliging as a subject for our portrait photography. Although he ot speak good english, we established that in his younger days, he was in the North Vietnam tion Army during the Vietnam war. You certainly meet some interesting people on these tours.
g our visit to Hue, our local guide arranged for some local fisherman to oblige us with a great rmance throwing their nets again and again from their boats in the river. To earn their keep, of e we ensured that they were wearing their conical hats. We placed ourselves on a bridge ooking the river and spent some time there much to the bemusement of the locals. The weather was nd wet and the water a murky brown so there was no colour in the scene. I therefore decided that it referable to use Photoshop to work these photographs in monochrome.
fishermen worked so hard for us raising and lowering their nets, giving a demonstration of their fitness. They earned a few dollars from us and it was it posed but great fun nonetheless. There was no colour in this dull and wet so again I have used a high key monochrome look in this photograph as all of terest is in the shapes and patterns.
These fishermen worked so hard for us raising and lowering their nets, giving a good demonstration of their fitness. They earned a few dollars from us and it was all a bit posed but great fun nonetheless. There was no colour in this dull and wet today so again I have used a high key monochrome look in this photograph as all of the interest is in the shapes and patterns.
Sai Gon I flew to Siem Reap in Cambodia and the next day rose at 04:15 to catch est spot for the iconic photo of Angkor Wat at sunrise .... along with several ed other tourists. From there over three days I visited a number of temples in ast area of this heritage site: Ta Prohm, Banteay Kdei, Preah Khan, Bayon e and Angor Thom.
visited the Kampong Phluk floating village and took a boat trip through a erged mangrove forest.