I am Pieter Janssen, a professional photographer, living in Porto, Portugal.
My photography life started in 1981 and my first camera was a little one, 35mm film and only manual settings. Later I upgraded to my first SLR and then everything got a bit more serious. In 2000 I could not resist buying my first digital camera, the wonderful Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F505, a whopping 1,9 megapixel camera. The smallest memory card was just 1 megabyte! Still better than the big floppy disks Sony used in the previous generation digital cameras.
When living in Hong Kong in the early zeros I made the decision to say NO to my normal job(s) and to promote my long time hobby into a profession. This was easier said than done. Particularly because marketing myself was totally alien to me and it took a while to even get a little bit into that.
I did all sorts of assignments and continued doing this when I moved to Vietnam in 2005. First Hanoi and since 2012 Hoi An. A personal highlight was working for the Dutch Embassy when the future king and queen of the Netherlands were visiting Hanoi. I got very close to them and captured them visiting all sorts of places and having meetings with the Vietnamese president and the prime minister. In April 2024 I relocated to Porto.
My photographs have been featured in books, magazines, travel brochures and advertising. In Hanoi I also had a few exhibitions.
I started developing courses in 2008. Photography training really kicked off after moving to Hoi An. I started Hoi An Photo Walks and have done millions of photo tours up to 2024.
These days I concentrate more on the teaching part of photography, although I still do the occasional assignments. My approach to teaching photography is informal, informative and fun. For me it is very important that everybody learns something, while having a good time. And above all, to ignite passion.
I would like to consider my tours as a voyage. Not only do I teach you about photography, I also take you on a trip where you become part of a new world, ready to be discovered by you.
A visit to Porto is not complete without going with Kiki Photo Tours. It is a unique chance to learn how to deal with your camera and smartphone and it enables you to record better memories on future trips.
Reviews of my tours in Vietnam can be seen at Tripadvisor and Google.
Unfortunately for both listings I cannot use my new location, so I will have to start from scratch with reviews there.
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