If you want to feel really good about your photography skills go to Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. This place is so photogenic. The people are always on the move, like the two women pictured here. One is zooming off in her moped to who knows where. The other is leaving the Long Bien …
A rare moment. A hawker sitting down. These people bust their asses walking the streets at every hour of the day and night. So I had to capture this rare moment of a hawker taking a break. Because hawkers need breaks too. Magic 306/365 Hawker Break, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2017
I want to do this trip all over again because I look at these photos and I see how I could have done so much better. I could have bent down low and got the veggies in the foreground, with a 3 aperture, making the veggies a blur and her in focus. THAT would have …
This is the main bridge in Hoi An. Magic 259/365, Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam, 2017
This is one of the many ladies who will paddle you down the river as you make your wish upon a lantern. Magic 258/365, Boat Lady of Hoi An, Vietnam, 2017
A young woman sells lanterns during the full moon festival in Hoi An while her son plays with his trucks. I made a wish upon one of these lanterns to start a family and got pregnant the very next night. No lie. I have a super cute son to prove it. Magic 257/365, Wish Upon a …
Vietnam is a vibrant place and Hoi An kept up with the generalization. I loved these market ladies and their delicious looking vegetables. I wish I had been braver and gotten closer in. You only learn by living. Magic 256/365, Market Ladies of Hoi An, Vietnam
The city of lanterns shines bright during the full moon festival. Each month during the full moon they turn of all the street lights and light their lanterns. It is an amazing sight to see in this ancient little city. Magic 255/365, City of Lanterns, Hoi An, Vietnam
I grew up believing that failure was bad. It wasn’t until I was well into my 30s that I learned that failing is AWESOME. Because it means you are trying. And the more you are failing the harder you are working and the closer you come to success. Like these photos here. It took me over twenty tries to get a crisp shot using a new technique that I learned during my Vietnam in Focus photo tour. But in the end I got! only because I kept trying.
Magic 253/365, Fun at Failing, Hanoi, Vietnam
I don’t know how these people make it. Each street in the old quarter of Hanoi is sectioned off for a certain type of product being sold. This was the metal street. How do they make any money when everyone on that street is selling the same exact thing? And how would I choose which …