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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Tourism’s new compass: why meaning, community, and human connection are now leading the way
BANGKOK, Thailand - Tourism has entered an age of restless reinvention. Across the global industry, from UN Tourism to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and international networks...
Französischer Wohltätigkeitsleiter besucht HHN Foundation – zehnjährige Unterstützung für thailändische Kinder setzt sich fort
PATTAYA, Thailand – Les Amis de L’Ophelinate de Pattaya, eine seit vielen Jahren engagierte französische Wohltätigkeitsorganisation, hat diese Woche erneut ihre langfristige Unterstützung für...
Foreign tourist found dead in Pattaya Beach incident
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials and police from Pattaya City Station responded to reports of a foreign man found drowned near the entrance...
Pattaya tightens city regulations following fireworks festival vendor complaints
PATTAYA, Thailand – Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn chaired a meeting with the Pattaya City Administration Division to evaluate progress on prior directives and address...
Pattaya’s traffic has hit a breaking point
PATTAYA, Thailand – Spend enough time behind the wheel in Pattaya and you eventually confront a blunt truth: this city does not run on...