Travel & Humanitarian Photos
I’m reaching the end of what has been a satisfyingly productive and entertaining week so thought I’d brew up a pot of bergamot-infused Darjeeling tea and take a moment to reflect. A memorable week The week started memorably enough when I witnessed what I’m still describing as a minor miracle when relating the experience to [...]
The last two weeks have been a real treat. Not only have we been photographing in one of the most enchanting locations in South-East Asia, we’ve had the pleasure of the company of some enormously talented, wildly enthusiastic and impressively dedicated photographers. Participants at the 2011 Angkor Photo Workshop respond spontaneously to news that I’ll [...]
I’m in Siem Reap with fellow photographers Marco Ryan, Matt Brandon and Karl Grobl. Truth be told, it’s a real treat. We’ve been blessed with a group of photographers who are showing all the traits that you’d wish for as a tour leader: enthusiasm, dedication, tolerance and modesty. This tour is a little different from [...]
I’m in the enviable position of being swamped with work at the moment. When you’re freelancing, the phrase “Make hay while the sun shines” is never far from your mind and, let’s be honest, I work in what can be a precarious field so there’s every reason to want to keep busy. When I’m not [...]
Occasionally a weekend will come and go which leaves you with a warm glow inside. This has been such a weekend. I’ve known David duChemin and Matt Brandon for a while now but until Friday night it had been an entirely virtual relationship, carried out across continents via the wonders of the Internet. David is [...]
Matt Brandon, aka The Digital Trekker, is on holiday at the moment, enjoying the charms on offer in the English Cotswolds. Matt currently lives in Malaysia so I hope he packed a sweater. And an umbrella. He’s graciously asked me to contribute a guest post on his blog so if you follow this link you [...]
Matt Brandon, aka the Digital Trekker, has switched his blog from Blogger to WordPress and is loving the new format, and rightly so. He tells us that his new blog has “all kinds of fun stuff” which, when it comes from Matt, you know will be a sure thing. On the tail of this and [...]
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 [...]