Cambodia

2014

A fabled land of temples in the wild, exotic beaches, and age old forests. This is a place where monkeys roam the wild, twisting trees entangle ancient temples, and were people’s smiles and good-nature will etch themselves on your memories. Welcome to Cambodia. Join Pics of Asia’s Etienne Bossot and Flash Light Expeditions’ Dylan Goldby on an unforgettable 5 day photographic tour through northern Cambodia.

THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA Dates: June 6-10, 2014 Start / Finish Location: Siem Reap

Beginning our tour amongst the ancient temples of Angkor, we will quickly take you off the beaten path to show you another side of Cambodia. Through our local specialists, we will spend the majority of our time at ground level, speaking with and photographing the people and their way of life.

BASIC ITINERARY Day 0: Meet and greet dinner (optional) Day 1: Angkor Wat Sunrise & Tour Day 2: Villages & Off Camera Flash Day 3: Tonle Sap Shoreline Villages Day 4: Explore Tonle Sap by Boat Day 5: Morning Market Session & Final Critique

THE FLASH LIGHT EXPEDITIONS ANGLE At Flash Light Expeditions, we love travel from start to finish. On or off the beaten path, we love the experiences we gain. As photojournalists, our job is to bring back these experiences for others to share. Our goal is to have you making better photographs wherever you go. We strive to give you the tools and techniques to interpret every scene and make it your own vision. We cover everything from photographing your lunch to the person who made it, from creative framing to using an off camera flash to enliven your scene. We take you from start to finish through creating photographs that speak for themselves about your travels.

Location Angkor Wat, Siem Reap

Date 29/10/2012

Technical Details Nikon D800, Nikkor 35mm Lens, 1/200, f/2, ISO400

THE PICS OF ASIA ANGLE Pics of Asia was born from the passion for travel photography and South East Asia. Focusing on people photography and the use of natural light, we do our best to bring people to the best photographic locations, which means out of the beaten tracks. Giving you all the keys to be able to explore the vast field of photography by yourself is our main goal. Learn your gear, learn your composition, but mostly learn the light!

Location Siem Reap

Date 29/10/2012

Technical Details Canon 5D MkIII, 35mm Lens, 1/400, f/1.8, ISO100

OFF THE TOURIST TRAIL Cambodia is a beautiful country on and off the tourist trail. Our first morning will see us checking a gorgeous sunrise over Angkor Wat off our bucket lists before quickly making our way off the beaten path to see rural Cambodia in all its splendor. Working with local guides who specialise in the areas around Siem Reap and Kampong Thom, we have put together an itinerary that will take us deep into the heart of the Tonle Sap region. We’ll explore local villages by jeep, bike and boat while interacting with the locals and crafting world class images of our encounters. Each day working with the best light, and Dylan and Etienne’s expertise, every participant will return home with memories and story telling photographs like no other.

Location National Highway 5

Date 9/11/2012

Technical Details Nikon D800, Nikkor 85mm Lens, 1/2500, f/2, ISO100

Location Angkor Wat

Date 1/3/2013

A FOCUS ON PEOPLE Etienne and Dylan are both primarily portrait photographers, and this tour will take you to meet Cambodia. We love to get close to our subjects, get to know them, and make a photograph that represents who they are. Cambodia’s people are her true asset. We’re there to capture that.

Location Bayon

Technical Details Canon 5D MkIII, 100mm Macro Lens, 1/100, f/2.8, ISO640 Date 27/2/2013

Technical Details Canon 5D MkIII, 50mm Lens, 1/200, f/2, ISO100

SMALL GROUPS We believe that one on one instruction and individualised mini sessions are the key to getting the most out of any workshop. We’ll be limiting this workshop to 10 participants, meaning that each person will get a large amount of personalised instruction each day. Etienne and Dylan involve every one of their students in every session, and strive to ensure everyone gets not only the experience of a lifetime at the destination, but learns the tools to capture that experience and take it home. This tour is not a group lecture. You will not be tagging along watching Etienne and Dylan shoot. You’ll be shooting with us, we’ll be shooting with you.

Location Kampong Cham Province

Date 9/11/2012

Technical Details Nikon D800, Nikkor 35mm Lens, 1/160, f/2, ISO100

DYLAN

ACTIVELY IMPROVING IS OUR MISSION

Dylan’s experience in the editorial world led him into photojournalism and travel photography.

Both Etienne and Dylan have extensive experience, having taught hundreds of workshops between them. Our goal is to improve our participants’ photography actively. Everything we do is hands on, no theories that go unused. We have mini-workshops planned for each and every day of the tour, but we are always tailoring these workshops to you and your needs. As we get a feel for each participant’s level, we tailor our mini-workshops, and offer individual support so that everyone can participate in every session. The end goal? Better photographs and better traveling. It’s that simple.

ETIENNE Five years, countless S.E Asia photography tours and over 3,000 successful students ago, Etienne Bossot set up his camera in Hoi An, Central Vietnam and like many artists before him was seduced by the unique clarity of light, romanic scenery and charismatic characters and their customs. The SE Asia Photography Tours were born of a combination of Etienne’s passion to discover ways of studying authentic populations in their living environment, his wealth of local knowledge and his uncompromising integrity. He has a canny eye for scouting out unique settings, locations and photo opportunities and an uncanny way of getting subjects to engage.

He formed Flash Light Photography Expeditions with Flash Parker in 2010, and has since taught more than 20 successful workshops on small flash and portrait photography in Seoul, and two travel-portfolio tours in Chiang Mai with South East Asia Backpacker Magazine. His honest, relaxed teaching style puts students of all levels at ease, and gets the best out of everyone. And his love for people and their ways of life draws him into places and situations that may otherwise be overlooked. For Dylan, there is nothing greater than getting to the heart and soul of a person. The camera is his ticket, and he loves to share that passion.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

In all our tours we strive to make things easy so everyone can focus entirely on photography. This is the reason why our rates include everything during the tour: accommodation, transportation, all meals, and even tips to local people. Basically you can spend the whole tour with us and not have to spend another dollar.

We have several different workshops planned for this tour, and you’ll need to pack accordingly.

What is not included is your international flight, Visa, travel insurance, alcoholic beverages and souvenir purchase.

One of our workshops focusses on off camera flash, so if you have a speedlite, bring it along.

ACCOMMODATION AND TRANSPORTATION We’ll be staying in comfortable 3 star hotels close to our locations for the duration of the tour, and traveling between locations by minivan or in the case of villages by boat or on foot.

We’ll also be shooting some landscapes and long exposures, so a tripod is a must.

COSTS

A range of lenses from 24mm to 100mm is also recommended to get the most out of every workshop.

Below are the costs per person for this tour. Please drop either Etienne or Dylan an email to book this tour.

For the critique sessions, don’t forget a laptop or tablet to show your images from the tour. Also, as we’re focussing on the people of South East Asia, pack a few extra smiles. The go a long way.

CONTACT, BOOKING, AND FURTHER INFORMATION

ETIENNE - PICS OF ASIA

DYLAN - FLASH LIGHT EXPEDITIONS

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e: [email protected] w: www.flashlightexpeditions.com f: www.facebook.com/flashlightexpeditions f: https://www.facebook.com/welkinlight All text and photos © 2014 Dylan Goldby and Etienne Bossot