Phil Douglis: Travel Photography Archive
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Once again, I turned my lens on Asia in the late summer of 2007. This time I joined several other photographers to spend a week shooting in Singapore and Malaysia and another two weeks photographing in China. It was my third visit to China -- returning still again to both Shanghai and Beijing, and enjoying my first visits to Nanjing and the ancient walled city of Pingyao. If you've viewed the previous galleries of travel impressions I've posted on this site, you'll note that my photographic intentions are focused on interpretation, rather than description. I wanted to make more than just a record of the sights I saw along the way. I want my pictures to express my own feelings about them. Aside from sharing these pictures with you on this website, I also am using many of them to teach the principles of expressive travel photography on my pbase website http://www.pbase.com/pnd1) as well as in tutorial workshops I give in Phoenix for those desiring instruction in photojournalism, expressive travel photography and digital imaging.
These 80 images were gleaned from the more than 6000 digital pictures I shot during this trip. I used a ten megapixel Leica V-Lux-1 to make most of these images. It features an amazing 36mm-420mm Leica lens with image stabilization, allowing me to use its long telephoto in low light situations with remarkable clarity. Its flip-out LCD viewfinder allows easy use at low and high angles, making it the single most useful tool for travel photography that I've used to date. I also made some images with a Leica D-Lux 3, a pocket camera offering a 28mm wideangle view within a 16x9 frame, a shape similar to a high definition TV screen. I've edited all of these images with Photoshop to correct and refine the hue, color, contrast and sharpness levels, hopefully making my pictures more vibrant and meaningful. Although all of these photographs were digitally enhanced to some degree, none of the content has been significantly manipulated. The facts are all here, as I captured them. I hope you will enjoy these photographic impressions.
To view my images at their best, just click the "slideshow" button in the top right hand corner. To end the slide show at any time, press your "escape" key. I welcome your comments and questions. Phil Douglis Director, The Douglis Visual Workshops, Phoenix, Arizona, pnd1@cox.net
These 80 images were gleaned from the more than 6000 digital pictures I shot during this trip. I used a ten megapixel Leica V-Lux-1 to make most of these images. It features an amazing 36mm-420mm Leica lens with image stabilization, allowing me to use its long telephoto in low light situations with remarkable clarity. Its flip-out LCD viewfinder allows easy use at low and high angles, making it the single most useful tool for travel photography that I've used to date. I also made some images with a Leica D-Lux 3, a pocket camera offering a 28mm wideangle view within a 16x9 frame, a shape similar to a high definition TV screen. I've edited all of these images with Photoshop to correct and refine the hue, color, contrast and sharpness levels, hopefully making my pictures more vibrant and meaningful. Although all of these photographs were digitally enhanced to some degree, none of the content has been significantly manipulated. The facts are all here, as I captured them. I hope you will enjoy these photographic impressions.
To view my images at their best, just click the "slideshow" button in the top right hand corner. To end the slide show at any time, press your "escape" key. I welcome your comments and questions. Phil Douglis Director, The Douglis Visual Workshops, Phoenix, Arizona, pnd1@cox.net
Lunch at Raffles, Singapore - Raffles Hotel, named after Sir Stamford Raffles who founded Singapore in 1819, draws the rich and famous to its lavish dining rooms. Others also enjoy lunching in Sir Stamford's shadow.
Lunch at Raffles, Singapore - Raffles Hotel, named after Sir Stamford Raffles who founded Singapore in 1819, draws the rich and famous to its lavish dining rooms. Others also enjoy lunching in Sir Stamford's shadow.
