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Photography Style: Portraiture

Vietnam in Focus run acclaimed photography tours throughout Vietnam and Indochina.
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Capturing peoples’ moods and expressions is an intriguing subject for photographers. They can be close-up images, body portraits etc. Typically the face is the focus of this type of photography

Tours that explore your selected Photography Style: Portraiture

Ultimate Saigon Photo Experience

Capture the best of Saigon in a single thrilling day

Short on time but want to pack the most photos and fun possible into your Saigon visit? Our Ultimate Saigon Photo Experience is for you. From dawn in the city’s thrilling Railway Village to a fascinating community of floating houses, followed by sunset street photography in the atmospheric ‘Colony’, this is the number one way to experience and photograph the true Saigon vibe.

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Northern Vietnam Festival Days of the Dragon Sapa Photography Tour

Days of the Dragon

Welcome the New Year with the hill tribes of Northern Vietnam

Experience the Gao Tau festival, Hmong fire dancing & lunar new year festivities with the Dzao, Hmong & Tay people during far Northern Vietnam’s festival season. Cameras in hand, we’ll explore the spectacular landscapes and colorful tribal communities around Sapa on a photographic adventure to remember. In the company of our photography team and local Black Hmong guides, this is the ultimate, authentic encounter with Vietnam’s hill tribes.

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Ultimate Vietnam Photography Adventure

Ultimate Vietnam Photography Adventure

Experience and photograph the very best of Vietnam in one epic adventure

Embark on the ultimate Vietnam photography adventure, capturing the vibrant tapestry of this diverse nation. From the bustling streets of Saigon to the enchanting landscapes of Ha Giang, experience the rich cultural journey, blending urban energy, traditional markets, and the colorful tribes of the far north. Join us on an epic visual expedition, documenting the very best of Vietnam from south to north in a single, unforgettable adventure.

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Moc Chau Love Market

Journey to the West

Moc Chau Love Market and the tribes of the Black River Valley

Discover Vietnam’s final frontier, the wild northwest. Capture candid people photography as you mix with the ethnic tribes of this incredible area. Festivals such as Moc Chau Love Market offer plenty of opportunities for dazzling images, but we’ll also enjoy intimate moments with our local friends in the homes and hamlets we visit. The landscapes here are a photographer’s paradise, with sweeping vistas, lush tea and rice fields, and the cloudy Black River valley, offering endless opportunities for creative composition. Along the way, we’ll create a stunning visual narrative of a remote region of northern Vietnam rich with cultural and scenic beauty.

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Vietnam by Rail Photo Tour

Vietnam by Rail

Explore Vietnam’s stunning land and people from south to north on the Reunification Express

Travel from Saigon to Hanoi on the legendary Reunification Express, while creating a stunning visual narrative of life in all three regions of Vietnam. From street photography in Saigon’s Chinatown and little-known railway village, we’ll head up the eastern coastline, to the sand dunes of Mui Ne. By the sea, we’ll explore fishing villages and sleepy harbors, snap portraits of traders and fishermen at work with their nets. Between World Heritage-listed Hoi An and the Imperial capital of Hue, we’ll cross the Hai Van Pass, one of the world’s most spectacular short train journeys. Then it’s north to the scenic splendor of a cruise on Ha Long Bay, before we roll into Hanoi, Vietnam’s richly-cultured and highly photogenic capital.

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Thieves Market - Hanoi Street Photography

Into the Thieves Market

Venture into Hanoi’s most photogenic street market

Wander through alleyways packed with odd secondhand goods, vintage electronics, auto parts and other bric a brac, before ending up in a local veterans ping pong club set in an unforgettable location. One for the street and people photographers, and a truly Hanoi experience.

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Golden Harvest Photography Tour

Golden Harvest

Photograph the real northwest Vietnam during the season of golden rice

Get off the beaten track with the Vietnam photo tour experts, enjoying epic rice terraces, bustling markets and an authentic up close encounter with the Hmong, Dzao and Tay minorities. We travel from east to west across Vietnam’s mountainous north, an area we’ve been photographing for over a decade. In the company of our local friends, we’ll mingle with the tribes as they begin to farm the rice terraces, giving us unforgettable experiences and unique photo opportunities.

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Saigon on the Rivers Edge

The River’s Edge – Saigon Photo Tour

Delve into real daily life along Saigon’s canals

Capture images of a hidden side of Ho Chi Minh City, including a picturesque floating village of houseboats, a thriving local wet market and plenty of people photography with friendly locals. Camera in hand, you’ll create a pictorial story of a way of Saigonese life on the verge of disappearance.

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