PETER JACKSON PHOTOGRAPHER

Go behind the scenes with Peter: an international lifestyle, travel and hotel photographer. Photos, stories and random musings.

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I was excited to be chosen as one of the monthly pros in the regular feature 'How To Take This Shot' in the Sunday Times Travel magazine's November issue. I describe how I shot this travel image in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with an old, fully manual Olympus 50mm lens. 

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I’ve been doing an ongoing series of shoots recently for the Urban Leisure Group who own a selection of gastro pubs and bars in London including the Alice Houses, Just Ask Janice, Coin Laundry and The Elgin. Here are a few images from a food-focused shoot at the Alice House Queen’s Park the other day including some final shots as well. We experimented with some ‘in the middle of eating’ styling for the party setups too which came out pretty well in the end. Great colours!

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I was lucky enough to secure a photo shoot in Luang Prabang, Laos recently. I’d been expecting a nice enough town with a few temples and perhaps hordes of tourists, along with the tacky shops that inevitably spring up to cater for such an onslaught of westerners. However, I was genuinely surprised by the peaceful street life, abundance of tree-lined, river-hugging streets, striking Indochinese architecture and fantastic food especially from the likes of Tamarind and Café Toui. 

I decided to do a bit of exploring and hired a bike, headed across the river on a local ferry and rode north along dirt roads past tiny villages. I’d intended to travel all the way to where the Mekong looped around again but only made it half way sadly, when the dirt roads became more like dirt tracks and, with a recent rainstorm or two, almost dirt streams. I encountered smiling children, lone buffalo, hilltop temples and a classic karst mountain landscape.

Would also highly recommend Kuang Si waterfalls, a huge complex of waterfalls and naturally formed turquoise pools about a 40 minute ride from the town. I arrived later than most of the bus loads of tourists and was able to enjoy the relative calm and space.

I’ll be back soon to explore more of the surrounding areas and the rest of this stunning country!

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The new Canon 16-35mm f/4 L arrived today. Looking forward to testing it out in the field! Meant to be the sharpest ultra wide-angle zoom Canon have produced so big expectations all round. The new Image Stabilizer function will be very useful for an upcoming video shoot as well...

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Great to be back at the lovely Koyao Island Resort on Koh Yao Noi, Thailand. Currently sitting on my terrace overlooking the Andaman Sea with a beer in one hand and can of mosquito spray in the other. Good times. #travel #thailand #kohyao #photoshoot #hotelphotography

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Clouds swirling around the summit of Mount Ararat, seen from Armenia. Back in England now but miss this scenery... #travel #armenia #yerevan #ararat #mountain #cntraveler #TLPicks #lonelyplanet #wanderlust #landscape #canon #snow

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Threatening dark clouds loom over Jermuk and the old Soviet Gladzor Sanatorium hotel on the cliff top.

Part of my Armenia series: am working in Jermuk and Yerevan for a week so the next few posts will be about the country.

#travel #travelphotography #jermuk #armenia #soviet #hotel #storm #clouds #sky #ravine #cliff #mountains #cntraveler #TLPicks #wanderlust #lonelyplanet #canon_photos #canon_official #travelrepublic #natgeotravel #gladzor

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My latest shoot for Hyatt will be in Jermuk! That’s in Armenia to save you a bit of googling.

Looking forward to working in a new country and experience what sounds like a fascinating culture and stunning scenery.

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Some shots from a recent trip to Vietnam commissioned by Inside Vietnam Tours, a bespoke travel company, to produce some travel shots for their websites and brochures. Such a cool country...photogenic, welcoming and fragrant.

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New Instagram Account

Follow me on my new Instagram account to see daily images of commissioned, personal, behind-the-scenes and random images: .ig-b- { display: inline-block; } .ig-b- img { visibility: hidden; } .ig-b-:hover { background-position: 0 -60px; } .ig-b-:active { background-position: 0 -120px; } .ig-b-32 { width: 32px; height: 32px; background: url(//badges.instagram.com/static/images/ig-badge-sprite-32.png) no-repeat 0 0; } @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (min--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2 / 1), only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (min-resolution: 192dpi), only screen and (min-resolution: 2dppx) { .ig-b-32 { background-image: url(//badges.instagram.com/static/images/[email protected]); background-size: 60px 178px; } }

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From a recent shoot at the luxury city hotel, Corinthia Prague. Interiors, lifestyle and some architectural photography: fun stuff despite the cold!

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"The Profoto B1. Now with HSS." These six awesome words on the Profoto website this morning spell some very fun shooting ahead...I'm off to download the firmware update.

http://profoto.com/int/b1

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I was recently offered a contract with Getty Images, one of the world's largest photography agencies, to become one of their Global Assignment photographers. Pretty exciting stuff and looking forward to some interesting gigs!

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Enjoying a nice, cold beer after a good day's shoot at Vinpearl Phu Quoc, Vietnam.

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Setting up a shot at the Corinthia St. Petersburg with the #Profoto B1 lights.

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Descending into Bangkok at sunrise on a Thai Airways 747...nothing quite like it. On the way to a shoot at the Sedona Hotel Mandalay as part of a group photography project.

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Selection of food shots from three different hotels: Rocky's Boutique Resort in Thailand, The Dial House Hotel (Cotswolds) and The Grapevine Hotel (also Cotswolds).