Bangkok Photo Club: Lumpini Park
Members of the Bangkok Photo Club have been taking photos at Lumpini Park in the centre of the city. The park is a wonderful place, no two visits are ever the same. It’s very busy between 5am and 7am (I’m told) with people jogging, doing aerobics and taking Tai Chi and other outdoor classes. But [...]
Vincent Laforet offers first 5D MKII video
Vincent Laforet has posted a video shot exclusively with a prototype of the new Canon EOS 5D MKII. He has nothing but praise for the camera’s video capabilities and suggests that the new 5D will be a “game changing” camera. I don’t know, I love the idea of shooting video and Laforet gives us a [...]
Photographer’s location guide: Bangkok
My location guide to photographing in Bangkok appears in the current edition of Digital Photographer magazine. I’ve enjoyed writing a location guide to Bangkok. It’s a great city for photography and we’re blessed with such a great variety of subject matter that it caters for all tastes and styles of photography. I’ve also written a [...]
Photoshelter Collection closes
I’m disappointed that Photoshelter is closing its stock “Collection” after only one year in the marketplace. One year doesn’t seem to be a very long time to have been in business and if the guys in charge had only planned to give it 12 months from the outset then I think most people could have [...]
Canon EOS 5D II and Powershot G10
In the race to be the first to bring you a picture of the new Canon EOS 5D MKII, I win. Almost. The 5D replacement specs are as follows: 21.1 Megapixel, full-frame CMOS Full HD video at 1920 x 1080 DIGIC 4 3.9 fps Live View 3” LCD EOS Cleaning system Check out the dpreview [...]
Return from Ayutthaya
The more observant amongst you will have noticed that I’m alternating between the Lonely Planet spelling of “Ayuthaya” and the more common spelling of “Ayutthaya”. I usually stick with the Lonely Planet spelling of place names just for consistency but in the case of Ayutthaya the double-t option is more commonly seen. There’s something more [...]
Return to Ayuthaya II
Whilst I wouldn’t claim that this is my most creative or unusual interpretation of the Buddha Head in the Bodhi Tree, I thought you might like to see it whilst I’m working on something more “outside the box”. The Photoshop Merge function is extremely clever. Can you see the joins? Talking of Photoshop, Check out [...]
Return to Ayuthaya
My first visit to Ayuthaya was in 2003 when I photographed this Buddha statue head that, whether by accident or design, has become embedded in the side of a tree. Thinking back, I remember that it was actually quite a tricky thing to photograph in anything other than a very straightforward way. Although I’ve added [...]
The Ladies of Dansai II
I’m waving you off towards the potentially boundless delights that exist on a Friday night as a whole weekend stretches out before you with another picture of one of the delightful Dansai ladies. She was a real gem and I’m pleased that I caught her terrific smile. Indeed, all of the Dansai ladies were great [...]
Photoshop CS4 released on September 23rd
The British Journal of Photography is reporting that Adobe plan to release the CS4 version of Photoshop at Cologne’s Photokina trade fair on September 23rd. Whilst we don’t yet know what new tricks CS4 will have up its sleeve, you might want to cast your eyes down this list to see what popular requests Photoshop [...]
The Ladies of Dansai
Moving from talk of civil unrest and tasteless fashion magazine articles to something much more appealing this morning: The Ladies of Dansai. I’d love to know what the joke was. These ladies were perched on the steps of the main temple in Dansai in northern Thailand during the Phi Ta Khon festival. Their gossip was [...]
Bangkok under "State of Emergency"
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has declared a State of Emergency in Bangkok after violent clashes between pro and anti-Government protesters last night. Labour unions are threatening strikes from Wednesday 3rd, which will see transportation links drastically reduced. Thai Airways are suggesting that there will be delays to international flights and anti-Government PAD demonstrators are [...]
Vogue India publish tasteless photo spread
There’s no such thing as bad publicity they say. If that’s true then the publishers of India Vogue must be delighted with the reception that their latest edition is receiving around the world. Vogue have published a 16-page photo spread featuring luxury designer clothing items, modelled not by the skinny models that we’re used to [...]
September's Free Desktop Wallpaper
My free desktop wallpaper for September shows the Bahá’í Lotus temple in New Delhi, India. The temple is one of the most impressive structures I’ve ever seen and no trip to New Delhi would be complete without paying it a visit. It’s constructed from 27 free-standing marble “petals” and has an interior that really makes [...]
Bangkok Photo Walk – The Winner!
It’s customary for judges to say things like “it was a really tough decision” and “all the entries were of a very high standard” before announcing the winner of a competition but in the case of the Bangkok Photo Walk pictures I promise you both things are absolutely true. However, this image by Songvut Kositarut [...]
Whilst you’re waiting for the winner
I know, I know. You’re waiting to find out which was the winning image from the Bangkok Photo Walk. Well, my friends, the decision has been made and the result will appear exclusively on this blog within the next twelve hours. The wait is nearly over. For now, all I can reveal is that I’m [...]
Bangkok Photo Walk – The verdict
The Bangkok Photo Walk took place this afternoon with over fifty photographers meeting up for a sunny walk around Ratanakosin, the royal centre of Bangkok, ending up at the Arun Residence hotel bar for a drink and a chat. We were blessed with perfect weather and it was a real treat to spend a few [...]
Photoshelter – Shoot! The Day. Photo Editors
If you can stand the agony of hearing the Deputy Photo Editor of “Travel + Leisure” magazine describing wonderful photos that she’d like to run full page without being able to see the pictures then this video contains some gems about stock photography in general and travel stock in particular. The panel of picture editors [...]
Bangkok Photo Walk – August 23rd
It looks like we could have easily filled two Bangkok Photo Walks so congratulations to those of you who registered in time to be one of the fifty official Photo Walkers. To those of you who are turning up on the day, welcome. The more, the merrier. If you are planning to join the Bangkok [...]
Canon G9 discontinued – introducing the GX
After the success of my prediction earlier in the year about the imminent arrival of a successor to Canon’s 5D you’ll be forgiven if I find you taking this announcement with more than a pinch of salt. However, I have it on good authority that Canon’s G9 point-and-shoot is to be discontinued and a successor [...]
Golf courses on Annapurna?
Today’s Guardian reports news to bring golf courses, heli-skiing and paragliding to Nepal’s Annapurna region. It is news that will send a shudder of disbelief through anyone who has ever been to the region. Perhaps it is inevitable that the area, currently reachable only on foot or by air, will soon have road links that [...]
Bangkok Sunset – Time Lapse Video
We enjoyed an impressive sunset over Bangkok this evening. I captured a short video with the time-lapse function on the Canon G9. Bangkok Time-lapse
Philip Toledano – Days with my father
Philip Toledano’s series of photographs of his 98 year-old father are exquisite. If you’ve ever considered taking photos of your family, not just holiday snaps or pictures on somebody’s birthday but everyday portraits that really capture the essence of a personality, then this might inspire you to get started. Philip tells his father’s story with [...]
Benjakiti Park, Bangkok
I’ve been working on some High Dynamic Range images for a project this week and thought I’d share this view of the Khlong Toey buildings as seen from Benjakiti Park. This is an image constructed from seven RAW files and I’ll drop in the technical details below for those of you who like to know [...]
