Tag: Photography
Foreigners invited to join “Thailand in your mind” photo contest
BANGKOK – The Government Public Relations Department (PRD) Region 3 in Chiang Mai has launched the online photo contest “Thailand in your mind”, inviting...
A pocket camera for professional results?
Fairly recently I covered the subject of the battle between mobile phone photography and compact camera photography results. The results were as could...
Showing speed
Look at the first and second shots with this week’s column. The first is of a bongo drummer photographed at a function. It...
Weird photographers – Edweard Muybridge
Photography can certainly bring out some of the real characters in this world. I was reminded of this the other day when Mr....
How to sell over the internet
Pattaya seems to be filled with entrepreneurs. Every second person, and especially the ladies, has a scheme to export Thai artifacts to the...
Portraits or Pictures?
Anyone who is known to enjoy the pastime of photography will, one day, be asked to take somebody’s photo - and by that,...
Smart Phones – or dumb users?
I make no excuses for my stand on camera phones. I dislike them. They are debasing the art of photography and instead of...
Become a flasher this weekend
From the early days of photography, flash has been used. The early flash guns used a mixture of magnesium powder and potassium chlorate...
Amateur video photography
As the price of still cameras has come down, so has the price of video cameras, and more and more weekend photographers are...
We’ve had the odd drop of rain
As I write this, the inside of my car smells like an unsavory gentlemen’s lavatory in Port Said, the passenger’s seat resembles a...
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Immigration police raid nets 21 Myanmar nationals in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi Immigration Police conducted a raid on two rented rooms in Soi Khopai South Pattaya on April 24, following reports of...
Civic officer’s heroic actions avert disaster in Pattaya blaze
PATTAYA, Thailand - A civic officer from Jomtien district, has earned the admiration of Pattaya locals for his courageous response during a recent fire...
Pattaya restaurateurs grapple with soaring costs, unable to adjust menu prices
PATTAYA, Thailand - Restaurateurs in the Pattaya area are raising alarm over the significant surge in prices of essential ingredients, such as pork, vegetables,...
Environmental friendly waste separation bins installed on Pattaya beach
PATTAYA, Thailand - In a concerted effort to promote environmental awareness and cultivate a cleaner living environment, residents of Pattaya are called upon to...
Cambodian cable thieves caught red-handed in Huay Yai, east Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand - Villagers living near the Chak Nok reservoir in Huay Yai sub-district, east of Pattaya, took matters into their own hands, capturing...