Harry Flashman
Helmut Newton
I have written many times about your producing ‘impact’ in your photographs, and not just ‘record’ shots. I have also written about choosing your...
Sheer luck Holmes
Dear Hillary,
I have had the secret police monitor the Pattaya Mail offices for the past week to report back to me when you come...
Quick march. But it’s raining!
I am sure you must have seen that excellent piece of photo journalism on page 3 of the Pattaya Mail. The one with the...
What about Trompe l’oeil this weekend?
Trompe l’œil (French for “deceive the eye”) is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects...
There is a cyclone coming!
We’ve just had days of heavy rain, flooding in some areas of Thailand, and a warning that more is coming in the shape of...
Oh No! It’s Songkran again!
I do not like Songkran. If it were one day it would be fun, but days of being soaked in icy cold water, is...
Edible food?
With the advent of the ‘anti-social media’ – just look at the way nobody speaks to each other anymore as they two-thumb messages to...
They don’t call it the “Wet Season” for no reason
We’ve just had the tail end of a cyclone and did it ever dump some rain on our city. One evening it was almost...
The perfect portrait
Some of the most common photographs taken by the amateur photographer are portraits. By ‘portraits’, I am ignoring the abomination called ‘selfies’, using hand-held...
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