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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
The tightly packed residential apartment blocks infused with the evening market and food stalls create an intense atmosphere. As the sun descends, the dark encroaching shadows flood the balconies of post war industrial architecture encouraging playfulness with light, shadows and compositions. Your photographs will be moody and atmospheric, capturing the essence of these marvelous tightly-knitted houses. At street level your lens will be full of colour and action, and street lights artificially illuminate the evening chaos that unfolds within the walls of the Colony. Portraits and street scenes will tell stories of the real heart of Saigon.
Professional Photographer / Guide
Gratuities
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
Your photographer guide will collect you from your selected hotel lobby.
Nguyen Thien Thuat Apartment Buildings, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam We start out exploring the fascinating apartment blocks that lie at the centre of the area. Venturing up several of the stairwells, we capture unique shots of life in this vintage accommodation. We’ll be looking at how to use leading lines, angles and moments of sudden movement to shoot geometric, urban exploration-type imagery. 90 minutes
Ho Thi Ky Flower Market, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam The sun is beginning to go down, and it’s time to walk over to the flower market, which is illuminated with fluorescent lights, and a hive of action. As well as many types of flowers, the nearby food stalls sell a variety of Saigon specialities. We’ll have a quick snack (or several) and a milk tea or coffee while reviewing the pictures taken so far
Now it’s time to wander the stalls of this area in search of portraits of the vendors and other images of local life. We’ll be looking at how to approach people for photos, different types of composition and optional settings for these types of situations. 90 minutes
Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam We now move to our last stop of the tour, a rooftop high above the city streets. We’ll set up our tripods here to shoot long exposure images of the view, including street night life and a traditional pagoda.
We have a last drink in the cafe below and review our shots, before taking you back to the hotel.
90 minutes
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
No health restrictions apply
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
maynard242
16 Jul 2022
The guide, Paul, was great and the Colony was full of life and colors. Wonderful for street photography with many alleyways and friendly folks. At the end there are also two markets (flowers and food).
This tour in
Ho Chi Minh City
is organized by
Vietnam in Focus - Day Tours
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