Matt Betz Photography

Matt Betz Photography Greater Chicago Area photographer capturing sports, editorial, portrait, and travel stories with emotion and authenticity, from WNBA games to global culture.

Open to collaborations and assignments showcasing sports, travel, and genuine human moments.

June 19, 2026 – Hanoi Buffaloes edge the Saigon Heat 84–81 at MLC Stadium in Game 18, one of the tightest finishes of th...
06/21/2026

June 19, 2026 – Hanoi Buffaloes edge the Saigon Heat 84–81 at MLC Stadium in Game 18, one of the tightest finishes of the 2026 VBA season. Adonnecy Bramah led all scorers with 27 points, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists.

Saigon Heat Hanoi Buffaloes VBA

Vũng Tàu. Technically part of Ho Chi Minh City now, after last year's merger.You wouldn't know it.Two hours from the mot...
06/19/2026

Vũng Tàu. Technically part of Ho Chi Minh City now, after last year's merger.

You wouldn't know it.

Two hours from the motorbike swarms and the noise, the pace just drops. A weekend escape where Vietnamese tourists come to slow down by the sea, and the locals are the ones keeping it running. Fishing boats and flame trees, mornings that start early on the water.

Same city on paper. A different world in practice.

12 days in Japan. A trip years in the making. Torii gates and neon canyons. Bamboo groves and bullet trains. You stop tr...
06/05/2026

12 days in Japan. A trip years in the making. Torii gates and neon canyons. Bamboo groves and bullet trains. You stop trying to make sense of it and just start looking.

Still processing.

May 24, 2026 – Saigon Heat defeat the Cần Thơ Catfish 93–73 at MLC Stadium, moving to 2–0 to open the franchise's 15th s...
05/25/2026

May 24, 2026 – Saigon Heat defeat the Cần Thơ Catfish 93–73 at MLC Stadium, moving to 2–0 to open the franchise's 15th season in the Vietnam Basketball Association. Brandis Raley Ross led the way with 21 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 steals.

Saigon Heat

May 22, 2026 – Saigon Heat defeat the Cần Thơ Catfish 90–64 in their season opener at MLC Stadium, marking the beginning...
05/23/2026

May 22, 2026 – Saigon Heat defeat the Cần Thơ Catfish 90–64 in their season opener at MLC Stadium, marking the beginning of the franchise's 15th year in the Vietnam Basketball Association.

Saigon Heat

Phú Quốc, Vietnam 🦪For most of its history, Phú Quốc was defined by what it produced. Fish sauce barrels fermenting anch...
05/21/2026

Phú Quốc, Vietnam 🦪

For most of its history, Phú Quốc was defined by what it produced. Fish sauce barrels fermenting anchovies for over 200 years, pepper plantations in the interior, fishing villages on stilts over the Gulf of Thailand.

It is now one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing tourism destinations. Over eight million visitors are projected for 2026. APEC arrives in 2027.

The older version of this island has not disappeared. But it is getting harder to find.

32 – Most of this year spent somewhere in Asia, living out things I've dreamed about for a long time. Planned to be back...
05/17/2026

32 – Most of this year spent somewhere in Asia, living out things I've dreamed about for a long time. Planned to be back in Vietnam but visa stuff had other plans, ended up back in Bangkok instead. Honestly not a bad place to land on your birthday.

Bangkok, Thailand 🌆Bangkok does not slow down. That is not a complaint.Most cities have a pulse you can follow. Bangkok ...
05/14/2026

Bangkok, Thailand 🌆

Bangkok does not slow down. That is not a complaint.

Most cities have a pulse you can follow. Bangkok has several running at once, and none of them agree. There is a version built for tourists. The temples, the rooftop bars, the markets. There is one beneath it, running on neon and exhaust and people who have somewhere to be.

You do not discover Bangkok so much as you surrender to it.

Songkran 2026 – Chiang Mai, Thailand 🪣Chiang Mai carries its history carefully. Temples line the old city walls. Monks w...
04/28/2026

Songkran 2026 – Chiang Mai, Thailand 🪣

Chiang Mai carries its history carefully. Temples line the old city walls. Monks walk the streets at dawn. There is a stillness to this place that feels deliberate.

Songkran ends all of that, at least for a few days. Thai New Year is technically a water blessing, a ritual cleansing, good fortune carried in every splash. On the streets of Chiang Mai it becomes something harder to explain. Buckets, hoses, water guns, bare hands. A passing motorbike is an invitation.

There is something freeing about a celebration with no way to opt out. By the second day you stop caring about being soaked. You just become part of it.

Hanoi 🏙️The capital has been the seat of power in northern Vietnam for over a thousand years, changing hands between dyn...
04/25/2026

Hanoi 🏙️

The capital has been the seat of power in northern Vietnam for over a thousand years, changing hands between dynasties, colonial administrations, and competing ideologies without ever losing its center of gravity. The French laid boulevards over ancient trade streets. The Americans bombed it. It outlasted all of them.

That history doesn't sit in museums. It's in the lakes and the architecture and the way the city is organized, layers of different eras occupying the same blocks at the same time.

Street commerce still runs on the same logic it always has. The pace is relentless and the noise is constant and somehow it all holds together.

The city has been doing this for a thousand years. It's not stopping now.

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