Harry Flashman
Is Technology sometimes too smart?
We live in a technological age. Everything from your computer to your TV remote features ‘drop-down’ menus, through which you scroll and then...
Fungus isn’t really fun
In tropical, humid countries such as Thailand, everything grows very easily and quickly. Including fungi. A while back I had the problem of...
Never get another out of focus photograph again
Just when you thought we had seen it all, along comes the Lytro camera. This technological marvel allows you to focus the photograph,...
Tabletop photography
As a commercial photographer, much of the work that came along was tabletop photography. The most usual was for catalogues, and you have...
Getting rid of Red Eye and Noise
How many times has a great photo of a subject been ruined by unreal, staring red eyes in the person? There are a...
A Day in the Life of Pattaya
There has been a very successful series of photographic books called “A Day in the Life of …” or even the similar “A Week...
Tips with Digitals
Everyone now has a digital camera, point and shoot, bridge or SLR, and the following tips will help you get the most out...
Mastering ‘modes’
Despite the fact that today’s digital cameras are full of electronic ‘all-everything’ automatic controls, there is even more satisfaction to be had by...
Professional portraits at home
Portraiture is a very lucrative branch of photography. Get good at getting flattering portraits and you could even give up your day job....
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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
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Baht schwächer, doch Pattayas Tourismus bleibt auf Saison- und Langzeitgäste angewiesen
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Songkran-Buchungen in Pattaya stürzen auf 20–30 % durch steigende Kraftstoffpreise
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