Travel & Humanitarian Photos
It’s been a busy day preparing for our Penang Thaipusam Photo Workshop but it’s shaping up to be a colourful week. Here’s a shot from an on-location test that Matt Brandon and I struggled through this afternoon. Cyndi at the Campbell House Hotel library, Penang, Malaysia 1/125 sec at f/1.2 and ISO100, 85mm Canon EF-L [...]
It’s always a pleasure to spend a few minutes chatting with Matt Brandon, even more so when we’re talking about our plans for the Thaipusam Photo Workshop, which we’re hosting in Penang, Malaysia in February, 2012. For those participants who have already registered and for anyone who’s interested to learn about our plans for this [...]
Q: What do these two good looking photographers have in common? Erika Brunner | Peter BergmeierA: They’re both winners of great new X-Rite colour calibration gear, as announced in this recent blog post. They’re also both very talented photographers and you could do worse than spend the next ten minutes having a browse through their [...]
Further to my earlier post, below. I’m excited, delighted and just about tickled pink to add the lovely people at X-Rite to our growing list of Thaipusam Photo Workshop sponsors. Not only are the X-Rite staff all wildly attractive, witty and intelligent, they are the people responsible for ensuring that photographers the world over are [...]
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be joining forces once again with my good friend; hat-wearing, pipe-smoking, photographer extraordinaire, Matt Brandon for what promises to be a memorable photographic workshop. We are inviting intrepid photographers to join us to photograph the spectacle of the Thaipusam Festival in Penang, Malaysia in February 2012. In the past, Matt [...]
I’m reaching the end of what has been a satisfyingly productive and entertaining week so thought I’d brew up a pot of bergamot-infused Darjeeling tea and take a moment to reflect. A memorable week The week started memorably enough when I witnessed what I’m still describing as a minor miracle when relating the experience to [...]
I’ve enjoyed wall-to-wall photo workshops in Bangkok over the weekend and the trend continues next week. I’ve photographed with enthusiastic clients at the colourful Pak Khlong Talaat (Flower Market), in the early-morning light in Chinatown, the small and aromatic fishing town of Mahachai, the enchantingly bizarre Mae Khlong market – where the train chugs through [...]
The last two weeks have been a real treat. Not only have we been photographing in one of the most enchanting locations in South-East Asia, we’ve had the pleasure of the company of some enormously talented, wildly enthusiastic and impressively dedicated photographers. Participants at the 2011 Angkor Photo Workshop respond spontaneously to news that I’ll [...]
Having a great time on the Angkor Photo Workshop 2011 with Karl Grobl and Marco Ryan. This trip has been such a great success, we’ve already agreed to make it the “First Annual” Angkor Photo Workshop. If it was me, and it is me, I’d declare my interest for the 2012 Angkor Photo Workshop now [...]
You may remember the image below from a previous blog post. I photographed the Peacock Dancer in one of the cloisters at Angkor Wat just a few weeks ago and so was delighted to have an opportunity to revisit the same location with some of the Peacock Dancer’s friends. With my fellow instructors at the [...]
Just time to post a quick image of some of the Angkor Workshop Team at Beng Mealea temple in Cambodia. I’m hoping that after the workshop, we can all get together and form a popular music combo so that I can use this for the cover of our first album From left to right: Ruthi, [...]
I’m in Siem Reap with fellow photographers Marco Ryan, Matt Brandon and Karl Grobl. Truth be told, it’s a real treat. We’ve been blessed with a group of photographers who are showing all the traits that you’d wish for as a tour leader: enthusiasm, dedication, tolerance and modesty. This tour is a little different from [...]
This colourful young man has become the poster boy for the Bangkok Photo School summer classes. We are running a series of photography classes in May and June which, together, combine into a weekly progression that will take your photography skills all the way from “How do I switch this thing on?” to “Oh my [...]
I’m in the enviable position of being swamped with work at the moment. When you’re freelancing, the phrase “Make hay while the sun shines” is never far from your mind and, let’s be honest, I work in what can be a precarious field so there’s every reason to want to keep busy. When I’m not [...]
“A placid year, very much welcomed and needed after the ferocious year of the Tiger. We should go off to some quiet spot to lick our wounds and get some rest after all the battles of the previous year.“ These images were taken during recent photo workshops in Bangkok. Wherever you are and whatever your [...]
News of an exciting new photography school franchise.
“I had an amazing time!” “Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, insight and experience. This workshop helped me grow as a photographer – and as a person. Back home, I am walking more slowly, talking to more people and getting to know them better before lifting the camera (the results are amazing). By [...]
Images of participants on a recent Photo Workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Big prizes for Photo School students this summer.
Bangkok is slowly returning to normal and news of photo workshops in Hanoi, Vietnam.
A selection of black and white images from Paris from a couple of hours stroll and news of new courses for the summer at the Bangkok Photo School
The second day in Delhi and the day before the official start date for the tour gave us the opportunity to visit two of my favourite locations in Delhi: The Bangla Sahib Gurdwara and Nizammudin Darga
Matt Brandon and I haven’t even officially started our Kumbh Mela Photo Expedition yet – the team are still on their way to Delhi from various parts of the globe – but we’re already loving being back in India and feeling that this is going to be a rich and rewarding experience.