Available light/ Natuurlijk lichtFebruary 3, 2014
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During the day the light in Asia is hard with too much contrast so you are not able to get a decent image. You have to work inside the houses with the light what is available. I almost never use flash or artificial light because I try not to disturb people in their daily activities. Nowadays the possibility of using high ISO values is really the solution to shoot inside. In the added images I want to come close to what is often called the Dutch or Rembrandt light. All of them are made in Myanmar and in the coming posts I will also show other countries.

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Chin woman preparing the meal in her house in the Chin village Kyar Hto near Mindut.

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A boy in a cottage in a small village on the way from the airport to Mandalay.

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This young Chin woman (around 20) has tattoo on her face. This is remarkable because it is forbidden for already more than 20 years.

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A young boy with thanaka on his face in a cottage near the wooden monastery Nat Htaung in Bagan.

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A fire in a long house which can be occupied by 10 families with 60 persons. This small village Wan Lone is hours walking from the main road to Kyaing Tong.

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A woman with the name Ma Cho Mar is working in a small laquerware workshop called Tun in Bagan.

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This image is shot outside between the trees in a Chin village Panpaun on the river Lay Myot (also running along Mrauk U).

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A monk in his dark room in a monastery in a Loi village near Kyaing Tong. For the photographers: this image was made at ISO 12.800 with a camera Nikon D3s

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A nun having her late afternoon meal in a nunnery in Bagan.

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A monk is his room in a monastery in Mandalay.

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An old man living in a long house in An Lone using the light from a hole in the roof.