Time Passes
As I celebrated my birthday yesterday I was again reflecting on how rapidly time seems to be passing by now – the 12 months have just flown by since the last one which was spent in Sydney participating in a David Alan Harvey week long photography workshop (part of Sydney’s Head On Photo festival). Even crazier [...]
Postcard from Meo Vac
One from the road, taken in the countryside about 20 kilometres from Meo Vac, in mountainous Ha Giang Province. I’m presently in Ha Giang town nearing the end of a fantastic road trip through Ha Giang and Lao Cai provinces in Northern Vietnam – in my opinion the most spectacular and photographically rich area in all [...]
Aarrgghh I did it again!
Well, I did it again – just over five months has passed since I last posted anything to this neglected website! When the same thing happened over the same period last year I promised to myself that it wouldn’t happen again, and wrote that I should be ashamed of myself. I don’t even know what [...]
Saigon in TRVL
TRVL is a fabulous online iPad magazine which publishes an issue each week on a particular destination, with each being heavy on high quality photography. Available for free download through the iTunes store, evidently TRVL was the first iPad exclusive magazine. In December 2011 TRVL was voted Best Digital Travel Magazine in the Digital Magazine Awards and [...]
Postcard from Chau Doc
I travelled down to Chau Doc in the Mekong Delta last weekend to attend the annual An Giang Oxen Racing Festival which was held on Sunday. Also known as the Bay Nui Open Ox Race, the event was held in Tri Ton District which is about an hour and a half drive from Chau Doc [...]
Bac Ha Revisited
No, unfortunately I haven’t made another trip up to Bac Ha in Northern Vietnam lately, but at work I have just organized a photography group trip up there, my cousins arrive in Vietnam this week and will be travelling up there, and a photographer friend from Saigon is planning a trip there very soon and [...]
Jump
Another photograph from my day trip to Can Gio district in late June, of some local lads jumping off a fishing boat into the ocean at Can Thanh port, as the sun was setting. It was one of those spontaneous moments that occasionally one is lucky to come across, with only enough time to quickly [...]
Pause…
Just sharing an image made back in late June during a day trip from Saigon to Can Gio district, which is about 50 kilometres from Saigon. The photo was taken from the roof of the local ferry at the end of the day, on the way back from visiting Thanh An Island. Who doesn’t love a [...]
Postcard from Con Dao
Con Dao Islands are located just a short 45 minute flight from Saigon and, after spending the past few days there on our annual company holiday with colleagues, I think it is the most beautiful coastal scenery in all of Vietnam. The largest island of the sixteen islands in the Con Dao group is named Con [...]
Even Wetter
A quick post with one of the photographs taken a few days ago during my visit to Northern Laos. As I mentioned in my postcard entry it rained almost all day every day so local life was harder than normal to find, with most people trying to stay dry and sheltering indoors. However in this [...]
Postcard from North Laos
I’ve spent the past 10 days travelling through Northern Laos – from Vientiane up to Luang Nam Tha and Muang Sing, then on to Muang La and down the incredibly scenic Nam Ou River from Muang Kwa to Nong Kiau finishing up in Luang Prabang. As usual spending time in little Laos is just lovely, [...]
Getting Wet
Well the wet season is in full force here in Saigon which means that downpours invariably happen every time I am about to step outside, and especially when planning to go out shooting. Somehow every day during the wet season I seem to end up soaked to the bone – I really should have learnt [...]
Postcard from Bondi
A quick shot of Bondi Beach from the balcony of my ‘room with a view’ at the Hotel Bondi, taken early in the morning during my stay there a couple of weeks ago. And yes, that is indeed my coffee cup on the balcony wall! I was in Australia for 2 weeks, and spent one [...]
Saltfield Silhouettes
I came across these images as I was looking through an old external drive for something – for some reason I had not noticed them before. Perhaps they now caught my eye because I am just in more of a silhouette mood lately. The photographs are from June 2011 of ladies working in the salt [...]
Just a Girl
This photograph is one from the vault, from June 2011 – a teenage girl wearing her traditional costume as she looked out a doorway near the remote mountain pass known as ‘Heaven’s Gate’, on the journey from Ha Giang city to Dong Van in Northern Vietnam. While she may appear very ‘traditional’ at first glance, [...]
Postcard from London 2
The past week has been spent in London on a brief work trip, and once again I was lucky enough to strike unseasonably warm and sunny weather – London in the Spring sunshine sure is lovely! Unfortunately I wasn’t able to bring my camera along on this visit, and even if I had it with [...]
The Fan
Another quickie from my recent trip to New York, taken at Madison Square Garden during an exciting game between the Knicks and the Nets. I had taken my camera along to the game, just in case, however our seats were too far from the court to take any photographs with the only lens I had [...]
Winter Sun
A quick image from my visit to New York last month of a couple strolling nearby Times Square in the winter sunlight. Apart from the fact that it was unseasonably warm and sunny, I was paticularly loving the directional light and the long intense shadows that day. We don’t seem to get it as much [...]
Postcard from Los Angeles
Another belated postcard – this one from my visit to Los Angeles a few weeks ago. I was able to spend the Saturday with Joe and Deb, two photography friends, who both kindly gave up their Saturdays to show me around. Joe was a wonderful host and concocted a fabulous and jammed packed ‘magical mystery [...]
Postcard from New York
This is a belated postcard from New York City from a couple of weeks ago. I travelled to the US on a week long coast-to-coast work trip that at times resembled the ‘Amazing Race’ – five cities in five days (New York, Charlottesville, Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles). Throughout the week the pace was [...]
Under the Umbrella
Finally getting a chance to process some of my shots from the past month or so, now that I have returned to Saigon and my desktop computer is back in working order once again… thank goodness! This photograph is from my visit to Lao Cai Province last month – a Flower H’mong lady at Pha Long [...]
Pha Long Market
Just a very quick post before heading off to Shanghai tomorrow. This photograph of a Flower H’mong girl waiting for her ride home was taken at Pha Long market nearby the China border, about two hours by road from Lao Cai (or three hours drive approximately from Bac Ha town). During this latest trip I visited [...]
Postcard from Bac Ha
I’m just back in Saigon after spending the past week travelling around Bac Ha and the surrounding districts in Northern Vietnam. Bac Ha falls within the area of Lao Cai province in Northwest Vietnam, and is easily accesible by taking the overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai, and then travelling by road on to Bac Ha (approx. [...]
Shooting The Law
Another image from Hoi An taken earlier this month, of a very young ‘law official’ in his booth taken in the countryside outside Hoi An town. Seems in every town, suburb and village throughout this country they have ‘law posts’, with officers inside. I am always so tempted to try to photograph inside them too - especially [...]
