Harry Flashman
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...
Simple rules for better pictures
There is an unfortunate idea amongst weekend photographers that the more expensive camera you use will return better photographs. Sorry, but this is...
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,...
The Grandma Moses of photography
Grandma Moses can be a role model for ‘seniors’. Died when she was 101, had 10 children and did hard farm work from...
Sharpen your Auto-Focus skills
For many years I resisted Auto-Focus (AF) cameras. I always felt that I could focus manually faster than the AF could, and what...
Old photo-gear can be worth more than you think
Like most photographers, you will start to get a collection of old photo gear. Some of it surplus to requirements, some of it broken...
Recording “The Event”
We have all attended some important “events” in our lives. These range from births, marriages and deaths and everything in between. Sometimes you...
How to photograph difficult subjects
I was speaking to a chap the other day, whose partner was an artist, and that reminded me just how difficult it is...
Easter Weddings – unless you are the groom – don’t go!
Anybody who owns a reasonable camera will be asked, at some stage, to photograph a friend’s wedding. To avoid the major pitfalls, find...
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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
ПАТТАЙЯ, Таиланд – Резкий рост цен на дизельное топливо на 6 бат за литр начинает серьёзно давить на туристический сектор Паттайи, проявляясь уже накануне...
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)...