There are many reasons to visit Angkor Wat. It’s one of the largest religious sites in the world and also famous from Laura Croft’s Tomb Raider. We toured the temples over a 3 day pass and highly recommend given it’s sheer size.
We chose to see the historical site through the camera lens with a Cambodia photo workshop. It was the best experience we had of any tours thus far. The 10 hour day started at sunrise and finished with inspiring knowledge that we will use in future. The instructor knew some local monks and incorporated photo moments with them in our training session.
Some of the photos was from 2nd & 3rd visit on our own to practice the new techniques.
After traveling through many cathedrals in Europe & concrete jungles in Asia, this series of photos are definitely distinctive.
5am sunrise – showed up for 2 of the sunrises and this day there were some clouds which gave more texture to photo. And skies had a nice blue hue.
Walkway to Angkor.
5am sunrise – we are not alone in capturing that famous shot. This is the opposite site of the Angkor water. Tripod nation
Ta Prohm temple – aka “Tomb Raider” temple.
Temple pants to avoid the mosquitos! Also no shorts allowed for women.
Tree growing around the Ta Prohm
One of the monks we met that reside in nearby Pagodas
Random monk around the temple gave us a pose
Monk with smartphone in action. Snuck a quick snapshot before he turned around.
Exposure exercise – getting the stones on ground, wall & window to still show details instead of white.
Standing in front of Silk Cotton tree seen throughout. They have a silkly white sheen look
Mother & child taking a break from touring the temples.
Silk Cotton tree, a pretty one with reflections and sun in right spot.
Bayon Temple
Bayon Temple, reversed camera shot which turned the water reflection upwards comparing to photo above.
Exposure lighting exercise – getting the lights & shadows to balance
Buddhist nun
Lion in the jungle.
Two separate stone face with profiles perfectly aligned
Inside courtyard of Angkor Wat – patiently waited for crowds to leave at closing to get a clean image
Tuk Tuk driver for the day. Best way to get around the temples as it’s not walkable.
Khmer performers – great colours to add to the stone grey backdrops
Tourist can pay to get photo with them