Gavin Gough: Travel Photographer

Making High Dynamic Range Images

The current edition of the excellent Canon EOS magazine carries my tutorial on the production of HDR (High Dynamic Range) images. Firstly, let me just say that if you're a Canon user and don't subscribe to EOS then it's well worth considering. I've been a reader of the magazine since before ...

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Excursion to Ko Kret Island

A trip up the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok is one of my favourite journeys in the world. I'm at a loss to be able to explain why, to be honest. Bangkok doesn't have the iconic landmarks on offer beside the Thames or the Seine and the Chao Phraya doesn't ...

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Dancing with Matt

If you've come anywhere near an Internet-enabled computer in the last two years you will undoubtedly have enjoyed Matt Harding's dancing travel videos. Well, after the New York Times declared Matt's Dancing video to be an "almost perfect piece of Internet art", World Hum have just announced that Matt is ...

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Bangkok Photo School: Open for business

I mentioned at the end of 2008 that I've been working on a number of exciting projects for '09 and I'm pleased to be able to announce the first of those already. What a great start to the year! Together with local photographer Jackie Rado, I'm launching a series of ...

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Bangkok Insider Photo Workshop

I've enjoyed leading a few Bangkok Photo Workshops recently and have invariably been impressed with the level of the participants' expertise and especially with their level of enthusiasm. Most recently I spent the morning with the effervescent Suzanne exploring the Pak Klong Talaat market, photographing the impressive reclining Buddha in ...

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January desktop wallpaper and New Year wishes

The first free desktop wallpaper of the year shows the often overlooked Humayun's Tomb in Nizamuddin, Delhi, India. Humayun's Tomb has similar Mughal stylings to the Taj Mahal although its construction was completed over sixty years before Shah Jahan began to sketch out plans for his monument to enduring love. If ...

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A Year in Pictures: December 2008

How best to conclude a pictorial summary of 2008? I think this is appropriate. 2008 has been a year of change and readjustment for me. It concluded with me planning several exciting projects for 2009 and I think the final entry in next year's blog promises to be really interesting. One ...

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A Year in Pictures: November 2008

November saw me starting an association with the Bangkok Refugee Centre, an association that I'm sure to expand upon in future blog posts. For now, suffice to say that I've taken pictures at several events at the Refugee Centre and am never failed to be impressed. I'm impressed by the ...

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A Year in Pictures: October 2008

October found me in Bhutan for what proved to be the most memorable month of 2008. It's difficult to choose just one image from Bhutan but despite looking for a more obscure or abstract photo to illustrate my trip, this one keeps popping up and is difficult to ignore. It's ...

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A Year in Pictures: September 2008

"You can't come to Thailand and not photograph elephants", somebody told me recently. Quite so. This elephant is employed in Ayutthaya, carrying tourists around the central temple complex. I never quite get over the fact that something as large and powerful as an elephant can seem so apparently friendly and ...

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