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Making tofu skins, a photographers delight, the Kingdom of Wonder.

December 13, 2025Darren Wilch2 comments

Tofu skins, a popular soy product of South East Asia and beyond, used in soups, stir-fries, and dim sum, still made by traditional processes.  This wonderful family run business found deep in the Khmer country offers us photographers a magical subject, light and composition.  I’m not a tofu eater, but I’m sure this smoky process…

Kampong Chhnang, home of the golden clay mountain

March 19, 2025Darren WilchNo Comments

Kampong Chhnang (translation: port of pottery), famed for it’s golden clay & potteries has more to offer for the passing tourist and photographer, with a vibrant floating Vietnamese village and a colourful night market.  It’s distance from the capital makes for an excellent side trip, overlooked by the masses. While Kampong Chhnang’s potteries, floating village…

The Photographer’s Guide to Banteay Chhmar: Ancient Ruins Without the Crowds.

February 28, 2025Darren WilchNo Comments

Banteay Chhmar is an iconic Angkorian temple located in northwest Cambodia, roughly 160 km from Siem Reap. For serious travel photographers, this site is an absolute dream. The complex boasts features incredibly similar to the main Angkor Archaeological Park—including galleries, intricate reliefs, expansive barays, and blooming lilies—but without the tourist crowds and stricter controls. Why…

Preah Khan Kampong Svay, the unseen Angkor

February 19, 2025Darren WilchNo Comments

I’ve revisited Preah Khan Kampong Svay recently doing research for a multi day photography workshop.  It’s a magical place.  Historically this place has been difficult to get to.  Over time the dirt roads have improved.  Now, roads are mostly sealed.  This development may open up the sight to tourism.  Still, it takes an effort to…

Private photography workshop client capturing environmental portraits of local artisans at a traditional rice paper cottage industry in Battambang, Cambodia.

Battambang, the Kingdom’s rice bowl.

December 13, 2024Darren WilchNo Comments

Battambang is well known for it’s main tourist attractions such as the bamboo train, Wat Banan and Phnom Sampov with it’s spectacular bat display. However, the city  has a more to offer for us photographers, from local cottage industries, wonderful French Chinese architecture to the many buddhist monasteries along the Sangker river.  A great place…

Vietnam adventure part 1. HCMC to Hanoi on the Reunification Express train.

August 5, 2024Darren WilchNo Comments

Good morning Vietnam. HCMC to Hanoi and beyond, a budget photography adventure including trains temples and rice terraces. On this travel adventure I took the Unification Express train from south Vietnam to the north, stopping at key locations for some photography, aerials and time lapse’s 😉 Some time in HCMC meeting up with a printer…

Heavenly adventure in the Indian Himalayas

Ladakh, a heavenly photography adventure.

October 25, 2019Darren WilchNo Comments

 A journey to heaven. Stock footage to 8k available HERE A heavenly photography adventure. Ladakh is a truly stunning location for any photographer. Bordering Pakistan and China, Ladakh is located in high altitude of the North West Indian Himalayas. The landscape is barren with stunning rock formations, while valleys nestled around the glacial rivers…

Building Blocks, Cambodia

June 11, 2018Darren Wilch2 comments

Cambodia’s building boom fuelled by property speculation, coupled with increased wealth of locals and their ability to build homes adds to demand for building blocks, keeping villagers busy in factories across the nation. Workers are drawn from around the country to work, often moving with their families. It’s team work, from small family run sites…

Kampong Khleang, a photographers paradise

October 7, 2016Darren Wilch4 comments

Kampong Khleang is one of four villages within traveling distance from Siem Reap on shores of the Tonle Sap , the biggest natural lake in South East Asia.  The others are Kampong Phluk, fast becoming popular with its Mangrove Forest, the beautiful village of Mechrey that moves with the water levels.  The fourth is Chog Kneas…

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