Light & Composition » Vietnam http://www.lightandcomposition.com Towards the true essence of photography Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Hoi An Fisherman, by David Smithhttp://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-may-15-hoi-an-fisherman-by-david-smith/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-may-15-hoi-an-fisherman-by-david-smith/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 14:45:37 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=30397 This marvelous old man sits in his canoe at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hoi An, Vietnam, an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. He patiently waits for tourists to walk along the bank of the village lake saying with broken English words [...]

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]]> This marvelous old man sits in his canoe at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hoi An, Vietnam, an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. He patiently waits for tourists to walk along the bank of the village lake saying with broken English words “pictures for a dollar”. I gladly gave him a dollar took his photograph and then took the time to turn my camera around to show him his photo on the LCD screen. I must have been the first person in weeks to do that because his face lit up with a huge smile and chuckle. I needed his attention because my first photo was awful as he was looking into the sun with hot spots and blown out highlights on his face.Most of the tourists that visited Hoi An that day were from a cruise ship, a 2-3 hour drive away, so most snapped his photo at noon with glaring mid-day sun and contrasty haze then moved on not realizing how their bad photo can be corrected easily. Having his attention and after waiting for the crowd to disperse I waved my hand in a circular motion to get him to turn his canoe around so the sun was behind him while I pulled out my 70-200 mm lens and moved further back to zoom in and create a narrow depth of field. To properly expose his shaded face and blow out highlights in the debris filled lake I guessed at a camera exposure value (EV) of +2.0 and spot focused in his eyes then recomposed. An alternative was to stay close and use flash to lighten up his face but I would lose much of his wonderful facial feature lines and old character. A quick glance at my LCD confirmed the dramatic effect I was looking for as I sensed a “once in a lifetime” type of photo op was upon me.

Hoi An Fisherman, by David Smith

Canon 20D with 70-200mm IS L | Exposure 1/250sec @ f/8 | ISO 400 | Focal Length 200mm
Hoi An Fisherman, by David Smith

As I teach digital and travel photography worldwide I decided to bracket more shots at +1 and 0.0 EV to demonstrate the benefit of taking the camera off automatic, over exposing using no flash and zooming in for a narrow depth of field. Out of the 10,000 images in my Interface Images at http://archive.interfaceimages.com/ this one is the most viewed image by far. This image is used frequently in my own photography and camera classes and workshops to demonstrate camera exposure value settings and is featured in my online Travel Photography-Amazing Tips and Techniques course at
https://www.udemy.com/travel-photography-amazing-tips-and-techniques/. I will be posting a story of the photography of this wonderful fisherman coincident with his image being announced as Light and Composition image of the day on my Images – Connecting the World Blog http://www.interfaceimages.com/blog/

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | May 15
Award Score: 68 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 13)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Portraiture Photography
Photograph Location: Hoi An | Vietnam

Photographer: David Smith (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Registered Photographer
David Smith is a professional photographer, travel writer and keynote speaker based in West Vancouver, BC.He has traveled to over 90 countries and 6 continents and considers himself a “dream traveler capturing the world one smiling face at a time”. His travel images have been published worldwide with over 10,000 images of world travel, ethnic life and cruise ship adventures in his Interface Images online gallery at http://www.interfaceimages.com.

David frequently lectures on digital and travel photography; travel adventures, world culture and port destination topics. As a frequent guest lecturer with Holland America, Oceania Cruise Lines, Regent Seven Seas and Seabourn Cruise Lines in the last 8 years he looks forward to explore the amazing photogenic world in future. He also tutors and teaches digital photography classes and camera workshops for photographers at all levels at home between trips. He is represented internationally by stock photo agencies and his images and travel writings have been published internationally in magazines, books, websites, and newspapers (recently in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today Travel, Geo Saison Magazine and Frommer’s Travel Guides). He is a professional member of the Editorial Photographers Association and past President of the North Shore Photographic Society in West Vancouver, B.C. His presentations are known to inform, entertain and inspire his audiences. A 1969 B.Sc. (Hon. Chemistry) graduate of the University of British Columbia, he spent a 35-year career in executive management, entrepreneurship, corporate finance and business crisis management. Ironically, as soon as “they took chemistry out of photography” he followed his true passions and pursued digital photography and world travel as a full time career over 12 years ago. His wife Anna is also a published travel photographer, travel writer and cruise ship guest lecturer and workshop leader on exotic fabrics and world textile arts. He has recently published a series of popular Travel Photography online courses with live recorded video, audience Q&As, comprehensive handouts all viewable online 24/7 and downloadable to all tablets and smart phones.

Website: http://www.imagebyinterface.com
Gallery: http://www.interfaceimages.com
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Blog: http://interfaceimages.com/blog
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]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-may-15-hoi-an-fisherman-by-david-smith/feed/ 1 Enlightened, by Minh Nghia Lehttp://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-march-16-enlightened-by-minh-nghia-le/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-march-16-enlightened-by-minh-nghia-le/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:29:00 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=28521 “There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.” – Victor Hugo Technical Info: Olympus OM2 with Zuiko OM 50mm f1.4 | Fuji Neopan 400 | Exposure 1/500sec @ f/16 Award Winner: Photo of the Day | [...]

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]]> “There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.” – Victor Hugo

Enlightened, by Minh Nghia Le
Technical Info: Olympus OM2 with Zuiko OM 50mm f1.4 | Fuji Neopan 400 | Exposure 1/500sec @ f/16
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 16
Award Score: 65 (Value 12.5, Clarity 12, Composition 16.5, Style 12, Skill 12)

Title of the photograph: Enlightened
Photo of the Day Award Category: Black & White Photography
Photograph Location: Nha Trang Beach | Vietnam

Photographer: Minh Nghia Le (Singapore) Registered Photographer
Minh Nghia Le and his wife Mai Phuong Duong are two Singapore-based photographers. Photography has nothing to do with their daily job but it has become their passion for years. His main interests currently are street photography and portraiture, which certainly have influences on his other work in travel and wedding photography. His favourite quote is: “Well, I don’t believe in photography as an art or a job or anything. I think of photography as a language and I think a language should be used to speak, to say what you have to say. So, the only things I have to say about my life and what I know about the world, is the way I see it.” – from Antoine d’Agata”

Website: http://a2nh.com
Facebook: http://fb.me/analox.admire
Twitter: http://twitter.com/a2nh

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]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-march-16-enlightened-by-minh-nghia-le/feed/ 0 Nha Trang Monk, by Thomas Jeppesenhttp://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-16-nha-trang-monk-by-thomas-jeppesen/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-16-nha-trang-monk-by-thomas-jeppesen/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:06:06 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=3728 Photographed this old lady in a pagoda in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Most people present at this pagoda were busy trying to get money from foreigners. It was quite disturbing and hardly what one would expect from a buddhist pagoda. This woman was one of the few who just sat quietly without asking me for anything, [...]

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]]> Photographed this old lady in a pagoda in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Most people present at this pagoda were busy trying to get money from foreigners. It was quite disturbing and hardly what one would expect from a buddhist pagoda. This woman was one of the few who just sat quietly without asking me for anything, even though I took her picture … It’s easy to imagine the long life this woman has had.

Nha Trang Monk, by Thomas Jeppesen
Technical Info: Canon 5D MkII, Canon 70-200mm 2.8L IS, shutter 1/125, aperture 4.5, focal length 110mm, ISO400
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 16

Title of the photograph: Nha Trang Monk
Photo of the Day Award Category: Candid Photography
Photograph Location: Nha Trang | Vietnam

Photographer: Thomas Jeppesen (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Thomas Jeppesen is a danish fellow, living in vietnam on the 6th year. He has a master in architecture, but has worked with realestate advertising and marketing since he finished school in 1998. He now own and run a full-service marketing agency in Hanoi, servicing both the local and foreign clientel. He often escapes the dirty city on motorcycle with the camera on his back, exploring the rural areas around Hanoi. The countryside in Vietnam is like a step (or many) back in time, and offer a genuine glimpse into the real world of the majority of vietnamese people, the farmers. Through his pictures, he tries to portrait Vietnam and it’s people in the simples form possible, black and white, one subject or face at the time … Simplicity and minimalism are his life convictions, photography included. This is the reason why most of his images are black and white.

Portfolio: http://www.subsignal.com
Gallery: http://www.facebook.com/jeppesenhanoi
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeppesenhanoi

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]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-16-nha-trang-monk-by-thomas-jeppesen/feed/ 1 Cheeky Countryside Kids, by Thomas Jeppesenhttp://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-10-cheeky-countryside-kids-by-thomas-jeppesen/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-10-cheeky-countryside-kids-by-thomas-jeppesen/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:00:17 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=3629 The picture was take on my way to a pagoda with a friend, an hours drive outside Hanoi. It was an incredible wet and dreary day, and where there normally would be people and animals everywhere, were completely deserted roads. These kids weren’t demotivated by the weather, and seemed to have a blast at the [...]

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]]> The picture was take on my way to a pagoda with a friend, an hours drive outside Hanoi. It was an incredible wet and dreary day, and where there normally would be people and animals everywhere, were completely deserted roads. These kids weren’t demotivated by the weather, and seemed to have a blast at the top of the sign.

Photo of the Day - April 10
Technical Info: Canon 5D MkII, Canon 70-200mm 2.8L IS, shutter 1/160, aperture 2.8, focal lenght 200mm, ISO250
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 10

Title of the photograph: Cheeky Countryside Kids
Photo of the Day Award Category: Travel Photography
Photograph Location: Hanoi | Vietnam

Photographer: Thomas Jeppesen (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Thomas Jeppesen is a danish fellow, living in vietnam on the 6th year. He has a master in architecture, but has worked with realestate advertising and marketing since he finished school in 1998. He now own and run a full-service marketing agency in Hanoi, servicing both the local and foreign clientel. He often escapes the dirty city on motorcycle with the camera on his back, exploring the rural areas around Hanoi. The countryside in Vietnam is like a step (or many) back in time, and offer a genuine glimpse into the real world of the majority of vietnamese people, the farmers. Through his pictures, he tries to portrait Vietnam and it’s people in the simples form possible, black and white, one subject or face at the time … Simplicity and minimalism are his life convictions, photography included. This is the reason why most of his images are black and white.

Portfolio: http://www.subsignal.com
Gallery: http://www.facebook.com/jeppesenhanoi
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeppesenhanoi

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]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-10-cheeky-countryside-kids-by-thomas-jeppesen/feed/ 0 Observing Time Pass, by Thomas Jeppesenhttp://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-07-observing-time-pass-by-thomas-jeppesen/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-07-observing-time-pass-by-thomas-jeppesen/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:00:27 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=3616 This photo is from Hoi An, Vietnam. It was a hot and sunny day, and this man was keeping an eye on the street outside his house. Technical Info: Canon 5D Mark II with 70-200mm 2.8L | Exposure 1/200sec @ f/2.8 | Focal lenght 200mm | ISO 100 Award Winner: Photo of the Day | [...]

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]]> This photo is from Hoi An, Vietnam. It was a hot and sunny day, and this man was keeping an eye on the street outside his house.

Photo of the Day - April 07
Technical Info: Canon 5D Mark II with 70-200mm 2.8L | Exposure 1/200sec @ f/2.8 | Focal lenght 200mm | ISO 100
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 07

Title of the photograph: Observing Time Pass
Photo of the Day Award Category: Candid Photography
Photograph Location: Hoi An | Vietnam

Photographer: Thomas Jeppesen (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Thomas Jeppesen is a danish fellow, living in vietnam on the 6th year. He has a master in architecture, but has worked with realestate advertising and marketing since he finished school in 1998. He now own and run a full-service marketing agency in Hanoi, servicing both the local and foreign clientel. He often escapes the dirty city on motorcycle with the camera on his back, exploring the rural areas around Hanoi. The countryside in Vietnam is like a step (or many) back in time, and offer a genuine glimpse into the real world of the majority of vietnamese people, the farmers. Through his pictures, he tries to portrait Vietnam and it’s people in the simples form possible, black and white, one subject or face at the time … Simplicity and minimalism are his life convictions, photography included. This is the reason why most of his images are black and white.

Portfolio: http://www.subsignal.com
Gallery: http://www.facebook.com/jeppesenhanoi
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeppesenhanoi

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]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-07-observing-time-pass-by-thomas-jeppesen/feed/ 0 Walking the Cow, by Thomas Jeppesenhttp://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-march-30-walking-the-cow-by-thomas-jeppesen/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-march-30-walking-the-cow-by-thomas-jeppesen/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:00:24 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=3529 The picture was take on my way to a pagoda with a friend, an hours drive outside Hanoi. It was an incredible wet and dreary day, and where there normally would be people and animals everywhere, were completely deserted roads. This guy was walking his cow, and seemed as surprised to see us, as we [...]

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]]> The picture was take on my way to a pagoda with a friend, an hours drive outside Hanoi. It was an incredible wet and dreary day, and where there normally would be people and animals everywhere, were completely deserted roads. This guy was walking his cow, and seemed as surprised to see us, as we were to see him. Of course, it’s not every day foreigners are seen on these small countryside roads.

Photo of the Day - March 30
Technical Info: Canon 5D MkII, Canon 70-200mm 2.8L IS, shutter 1/160, aperture 2.8, focal lenght 200mm, ISO320
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 30

Title of the photograph: Walking the Cow
Photo of the Day Award Category: Portraiture Photography
Photograph Location: Hanoi | Vietnam

Photographer: Thomas Jeppesen (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Thomas Jeppesen is a danish fellow, living in vietnam on the 6th year. He has a master in architecture, but has worked with realestate advertising and marketing since he finished school in 1998. He now own and run a full-service marketing agency in Hanoi, servicing both the local and foreign clientel. He often escapes the dirty city on motorcycle with the camera on his back, exploring the rural areas around Hanoi. The countryside in Vietnam is like a step (or many) back in time, and offer a genuine glimpse into the real world of the majority of vietnamese people, the farmers. Through his pictures, he tries to portrait Vietnam and it’s people in the simples form possible, black and white, one subject or face at the time … Simplicity and minimalism are his life convictions, photography included. This is the reason why most of his images are black and white.

Portfolio: http://www.subsignal.com
Gallery: http://www.facebook.com/jeppesenhanoi
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeppesenhanoi

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