William Yu

Workshop Leader/Instructor: William Yu

Endorsed by Bryan F. Peterson:
“I have worked with William Yu on many occasions and let me state emphatically that he is one of the best workshop instructors ever and one heck of a talented photographer too! You will enjoy your time with William and learn far more than perhaps you ever imagined in the workshops he offers!” –Bryan F Peterson, Co-FounderThe Picture Perfect School of Photography

William Yu is San Francisco based travel photographer and photography instructor. He is also the owner of William Yu Photo Workshops. Several times a year, he leads small group of photographers to journey through some of the most unique and beautiful places in Asia, capturing its culture and natural beauties through the lenses. If you’d like to see Asia via your camera lenses, this is your portal. He is also the management member and photography course instructor of The Perfect Picture School of Photography(www.ppsop.com) founded by renowned photographer Bryan Peterson. William’s photos have been published in Photographic Travel Magazine in China, Popular Photography magazine in USA and Cómolahice magazine in Europe. His travel photography corporate and private clients include Ubisoft, Accenture, Google, Ogilvy One Worldwide, Microsoft, American Airlines, Earnest & Young, MTV Networks, etc. Click here to view William’s Photography and his blog and his facebook page.

Testimonials:
“This was my first trip dedicated to photography so I was a little apprehensive about several things including the varying levels of the other participants’ photography skills.

William handled all the different skill levels so well. We all received advice, assistance and a healthy dose of positive reinforcement. He was patient and reassuring while handling all our travel details, hotel accommodations, meals and many MANY questions.

William was very knowledgeable about the area we visited and knew exactly where to go, when to be there and how long we should wait for a shot before calling it a day. The sites we visited weren’t just the regular landscape and workshopist sights, we also visited markets and villagers in their homes. This was an extraordinary privilege for us to be able to do. It made the trip personal and the resulting photos are more than an improvement in skills, they are warm memories.

I’m an American expat and have lived in Asia for many years but although I have traveled extensively throughout Asia, I cannot imagine that I would ever have had an opportunity to do a trip like this. It’s a hard place to reach and to even know about but William made this happen for me. I cannot wait to see what adventure is in store next because I will absolutely be singing up for it.” Rebecca Lynn Fowler Wong

“I was one of the lucky seven who was fortunate enough to go on the workshop offered by William Yu. It was the highlight of my year, still is. As I write this I still cannot get over how much I was able to do and see during this trip. Time travel is hard to do and that is exactly what we did. We stepped back in time and visited a place to marvel over. Yunnan is a wondrous place and William was an exceptional host, good humored, prepared, (even for the tissues to clean the utensils, thank you William) knowledgeable and generous. Photos have appeared on my computer that I would never have believed possible but for William’s help.I am very very happy that I was able to go on this trip and hope to join William on another adventure.” Joanne Martin

“Hello, William. My wife and I are still talking about the China workshop, and how we can now say that we left the Shanghai “bubble” and roughed it in the Yunnan province. You hosted a great workshop, and I appreciate how open you were in not only sharing the information but also taking time to explain the concepts. Mr. Ma also definitely had a unique personality brought an interesting mix to our group.” Carl Smiley

“This is my first time joining William’s Photo Workshop, It’s very impressive. William is very attentative to all aspects of the workshop. It’s thoughful of him having Mr. Ma, the most experienced local photograher, as our workshop guide, who enables us to shoot in the right locations at right time.
During the workshop, William is extremely patient to share his photographic knowledge and skills with us, in terms of exposure, composition, post-processing, lighting, lens selection, etc. This trip is well exceeding my expectation, I sincerely hope to join more future workshops with William.” Louis Huang