(All images © 2014 Adam Robert Young, all rights reserved) Thousands of people, even more bags of brightly coloured powder and a 5 kilometer run. This could only end in really pretty disaster! And then there’s the concert at the end with Vietnamese and international artists including Australia’s own Timomatic and multi-Grammy award winning Kelly […]
Monthly Archives: April 2014
April
26
The rice farmer
posted by adamrobertyoung
Met this guy on a recent random ride around the outskirts of Saigon. He was working in his rice paddy in the sweltering heat – the fact that he had to immerse himself in the water to repair a hole in the levy must have brought some relief from the heat at least.
April
07
Recent work – the random nature of magazine photography
posted by adamrobertyoung
Just thought I’d share some snaps from the last two issues to show the range of photos I’ve been called on to take for Oi Vietnam over the last two months. Some are more fun than others, but if anything, I’m learning to be more and more versatile! If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll […]
April
06
A simple but magical trick for food photography…
posted by adamrobertyoung
Sometimes it’s the really small things that make all the difference… Last month one of my jobs was to take photos of some new dishes for a Saigon restaurant called Indaba. The photos were to be used in a print advertisement promoting this month’s special dishes, as they change some items in the menu month […]
April
06
Getting creative with mobile phone photography
posted by adamrobertyoung
I am intensely jealous of anyone whose cellphone has a camera capable of taking even halfway-decent images! My mobile (a Motorola XT615) has the worst camera I’ve ever seen on a phone. That doesn’t mean I can’t take some interesting shots with it, though. I just have to get a little more creative! It was […]
