Harry Flashman
Looking after your investment
Everyone believes in looking after their investments (I hope). After all, our financial advisor Graham MacDonald has many tips for you each week...
Looking for inspiration
The other day I took photographs of a large Thai flag high up a very tall flagpole. I was looking for inspiration. Then...
Psychedelic prints without LSD!
Think back to the Beatles and the days of psychedelic art. Some amazing images were produced, mostly while under the influence of illegal...
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...
Looking back at 186 years of photography
Photography has been around for a lot longer than most people imagine. We are used to the fact that the automobile has been...
Digitally polarized
Weekend photographers who used polarizing filters in the days of film (remember waiting for the one hour D&P shop for your prints) have...
Keeping the subject “still”
While the majority of photographs taken in the world are of people and places, there is another branch of photography that you should...
All the colors of the rainbow
Photography is often called “painting with light”, and in many ways that is true. However, “Light” comes in many different colors. This is...
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...
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Notes of Passion: Brilliant Violin and Piano recital at Ben’s Theater, Jomtien
Ever since he saw the virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini dazzle crowds in Leipzig on Easter Sunday 1830, the 20-year-old Robert Schumann was determined to become a...
Бронирования на Сонгкран в Паттайе падают до 20–30% из-за роста цен на топливо
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Pattaya verstärkt Sicherheit an Land und auf See
PATTAYA, Thailand – Am 27. März führten die Behörden am Bali Hai Pier eine koordinierte Sicherheitsinspektion durch, um die Sicherheit von Touristen und die...
Baht schwächer, doch Pattayas Tourismus bleibt auf Saison- und Langzeitgäste angewiesen
PATTAYA, Thailand – Der Thai-Baht startete leicht schwächer bei 32,96 pro US-Dollar, getrieben von globaler Marktvolatilität, steigenden Anleiherenditen und geopolitischen Spannungen im Nahen Osten.
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Songkran-Buchungen in Pattaya stürzen auf 20–30 % durch steigende Kraftstoffpreise
PATTAYA, Thailand – Steigende Dieselpreise belasten Pattayas Tourismus: Die Preise kletterten um 6 Baht pro Liter, und die Buchungen für das Songkran-Feiertagswochenende (17.–19. April)...