Photo tours since 2013
Two cities, one camera, no tourist route
Private photography tours and workshops with Michael Klinkhamer. The back streets of Phnom Penh and the sunrise over Angkor. The canals and the port of Amsterdam. Every level, digital or film, one to three photographers at a time.
Why go out with a photographer
You can find the locations yourself. Getting the picture is the other half.
I am not a guide who happens to own a camera. I spent more than twenty five years making pictures for magazines and advertising, and the last twelve of them living in Phnom Penh.
That means two things on a tour. The route is built around light and moments rather than around landmarks, so we are at the right place at the right hour instead of at noon with everyone else. And when we get there I know the people: the barber, the market vendors, the monks at the pagoda. They are glad to see us, and that is the difference between a photograph of someone and a photograph with someone.
No lectures, no classroom. We walk, we look, we shoot, and I tell you what I would do differently while there is still time to do it.
Phnom Penh. From the Noir series, shot on the half day walks.
Where we shoot
Pick your half of the world
Cambodia
Phnom Penh street walks, the Mekong, Kampot and Kep, Angkor Wat at sunrise, and an eleven day safari to the Thai border. Half a day up to twelve nights.
Eight tours and workshops
Amsterdam
Three hours or a full day on foot through the port city, the analogue film workshop with your roll developed the same day, and golden hour on the canals.
Five tours and workshopsThe work
What comes back from a tour
Every photograph on this site is Michael’s own, taken on the tours and in the places they go. No stock.
4.7 out of 5 · 88 reviews
What really made this tour stand out is Michael’s relationship with the people in the communities and villages we visited. He was good at making the photo subjects excited to see him and it made for pictures with many genuine smiles. We visited places that most visitors would never know about.
Tell me what you want to shoot
Every tour is put together around what you are after, your level and the days you have. Send a message and you get a plan, a price and the available dates back.