SP Special

S Photo
o days

Sp
pecia
al Pho
otogra
aphy Days
A day y out at the
e temples with
w Dave P
Perkes; one
e of the mo
ost experien
nced
digital photograpphers in Cambodia. He
H has wo orked here running photo
adventure tours since
s 2003.
Dave will
w take yo ou to some popular lo
ocations an aces away well
nd many pla
away from
f the normal routes

The prrimary focus is that of location, subject

s on which are in
and compositio
many ways more important thatt the equuipment use ed. Dave is
s not a techn
nical
photoggrapher; so
o you will noot be baffled
d with jargon
n.

In addition to Dave
e, we use on
ne of our exppert temple g guides who will
w give histo
orical
backgrround to the sites we vis
sit. Transporrt will be in a
a/c vehicle. Car, Miniva
an or
4Wd as appropriatee.

You will lea

arn abo
out:
• Locations: you will be taken to various
v photo o locations around
a Angko or
• Subjectt: what to incclude and thin ngs to avoid..
• Compos sition: the ru
ules and how w to enhance e a shot by fra
aming and positioning
p off the subject.
• Backgroounds: the im mportance of o what is beh hind the subject.
• Exposuure control: how to use the t camera to t get the be e sometimes difficult lightt here in SE Asia.
est out of the A
The use
e of a polariziing filter
• Bracketting: when youy should and a why you don’t need to o!
• Lenses: using the best
b tool for the
t job.
• Focusinng: the impo ortance of de a how to use it.
epth of field and
• Cameraa Controls: Mode
M dials, ISO Settings and white balance.
• Image Stabilization
S n: What it do oes and its lim
mitations.
• Tricks with
w tripods s: the bene efits of a soolid support and ways of o using it foor composition and cre eative
exposurre control.
• Basic Editing:
E a brief introductioon to photo editing
e
• Analysis: looking att shots to see e where theyy can be improved.

The day will starrt at 07:00 am e best of the morning light. It is very flexible and in
m to gain the nformal and intended to be
ntroduction or
an in o revision to o photo techn
niques you many
m have leearned in the e past.
Thee locations visited
v include: Angkor Thom , Bay yon, Elepha ants & Leperr King Terraaces ; Bante eay Kdei & Sra
S
Sran ng Reservoiir, Prasat Kravan,
K Preaah Khan. Itinerary will depend
d on weather
w condiitions and pe
ersonal
prefferences. So
ome people have
h visited Angkor
A beforre; so we discuss
d locatiions before we start.
Thesse are selected to give a balanced view
v of the te
emples to try out differentt photo techhniques. This list is not set
s in
stonne, so we ma
ay visit differe
ent sites. We
W will have a long break at the middlle to the dayy for lunch an
nd an opporttunity
to re
eview imagess . In the afte
ernoon we continue
c our photography making the e best of the
e afternoon light. We retuurn to
Siemm Reap afterr Sunset.

Kitt list Re
ecomme
endatio
ons
• Digital Camera
C – an
n SLR is besst; but any camera
c can be used from m point and shoot to adv
vanced all in
n one
camerass with built in
n zoom lens.
• Lenses -18mm wide 00mm will be sufficient.
e angle to 20
• Tripod*–– lightweightt will be OK – don’t forget your remote release if you
y have one e
• Polarizing filter
• Flashgu un – a pop up on camera a flash will be
e OK
• Camera a bag – water resistant foor the rainy season
• Lens Clleaning kit – blower brussh and lens tissues
t and fluid
f
• Batterie
es and Charger
• Memory y Cards – an nd card readeer or camera a or USB cab ble
• Noteboo ok Compute er – not esse
ential but worrth bringing.
• A selecttion of yourr favourite photos.
p I can
n give an apppraisal of you
ur photography before we
e start.

If yo
ou do not have any of the
e above item n you one. If you use Nikkon SLR cam
ms like tripod;; we can loan mera I can loa
an
you flash or lensses on the da
ay without exxtra charge.
Ab
bout Dav
ve Perk
kes
Dav
ve’s passionn for photog graphy started in the mid 1970s while working asa a Cartogrrapher in UK K. Dave has wide
expe
erience of fiilm photogra
aphy using mainly colou ur slide and
d black and white printiing. Dave’s early intere
est in
phottography was motor sporrt then landsscape and mountains. Pe eople became important subjects froom the late 1980s
whe
en Dave traveeled beyond Europe to North
N Africa and
a the Indian Sub contin
nent.
Havving spent 122 years worrking in digittal cartograp
phy; he deve
eloped an in
nterest in dig
gital photogrraphy in the
e mid
19900s, processin
ng scanned 35mm
3 slidess using Adobbe Photoshop
p.
An early
e adopter of the digital SLR; Davve purchased d his first dig
gital SLR cam
mera system early in 200 03; shortly be
efore
movving to Siem m Reap on May of thatt year. Dave e Set up Peace of Ang gkor in 200 03 and has been organ nizing
phottography orie entated tourss with the em
mphasis on lo
ocation and getting
g the best
b out of avvailable light. Dave has done
d
a lott of hotel pho
otography fo
or brochures and web site es; writes a regular column “Temple Watch” for Cambodia’s
C daily
newwspaper Phno om Penh Posst and is a reegular photog
grapher for the Siem Rea ap Angkor G Guide.

A selection
s n of Dave
e’s favourrite imag
ges

Blue Mountains
M Sw
witzerland 1979
9 ch Isle of Mull 1988
Ardmenac

Wastwa
ater English La
ake District 19
990

Jais
salmer Girls; In
ndia 1993 Balloo
on Boy Nepal 1996

Sunset with
h Camels Xma
as day Moroccco 2000

quet Through Barbed Wire; Kiling Fields 2002

Bouq 2 ->
Ta Prohm
m Roots 2002
 What’s Cooking; Tonle Sap Lake 2004

<- Phan Thear: 74 year old monk at Wat Bo Monastery 2004

Angkor Thom Cyclist 2003

Lotus Still Life; Banteay Samre 2003 ->

Green Head: Cover

image for the Siem
Reap Angkor Guide
November 2008

Bayon: July 2008 ->

I do hope these images will be an inspiration to you. Have fun and enjoy Angkor!