In Focus, Bangkok Images
Thailand's weekly photography column
In Focus, Bangkok Images first appeared on Stickmanbangkok.com on August 2, 2008. Photography, and digital photography specifically, has become very popular for even the most casual tourist and most travellers getting off a plane in Bangkok carry a digital camera, be it a common compact, to an advanced DSLR, to even a cell phone with still image capability.
Thailand is a fantastic destination for photographers of all types and skill levels. Landscapes, portraits, architectural, street photography, and just plain tourist snapshot opportunities are everywhere. This weekly will strive to bring readers a series of educational articles, up to date discussion of the latest photo gear, a weekly photo outing of the Bangkok or Thailand area, answer questions, and share readers' photographs and experiences with other readers. I hope you'll find it fun, interesting, and rewarding.
BKKSteve of Bangkok Images is the author of this weekly column and brings with him decades of experience as a photographer. He runs his own photography business in Bangkok that centers around photo services such as weddings, portraits, and assignments, and he also runs photography workshops to help you improve your skills either as part of a group receiving instruction, or through individual instruction. Instruction is scheduled for all levels of experience.
Like the Stickman weekly column, In Focus will be published by this time each Saturday.
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All past columns will remain online, permanently archived.
Feedback is very welcome. If there is any area of instruction you would like to see covered, places of interest you'd like to know more about because you're considering a visit for the purposes of photography, or anything at all related to photography and / or photography in Thailand, please send it in.
Contributions are also welcome. If you've been to Thailand and have images you'd like to see appear in the column, please send images which are 800 pixels on their largest size, and complete exfil data to include the camera used, exposure mode, camera settings (aperture and shutter speed), and what program you used to process the image. Also include a short narrative describing the location, time of day, and anything interesting about the shot and how you captured it.
Anyone with questions related to photography are encouraged to send them in and all will be answered. Questions deemed of use to a wide audience will be published in this weekly.
Send images, experiences, and questions to: QandA@bkkimages.com.
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Semper Fii Marine / Champasak in Lao / Tanna & The Toka Festival /
Lenovo W530 ThinkPad Laptop Workstation w / Adata 256gb X300 WSATA SATA
III / 6gbps REVIEW!
In Focus, Bangkok Images archives
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& 2012 Archives | |
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| 24 December 2012 |
Is
It All About Planning?/Dana Unplugged, The Interview/Use Your
Illusions/Water Proof Camera Bags |
| 1 December 2012 |
In
Contrast/Expectationsd USA Realized/ Paske Located at the Confluence
of the Mekong and Se Son Rivers |
| 6 October 2012 |
Purpose Of A Viewfinder/Bangkok Through Khun Klit's Eyes/Shoot With A
Purpose |
| 1 September 2012 |
The
Photographers Eye, What's your Keeper Ratio?/Chai Phraya River From
The Klong Toey Port to Bang Krachao/The New Iphone 5 and Goihng
Retro |
| 11 August 2012 |
Visualization to Completion/Applying The Fundamentals of a
Workshop/Summer |
| 2 June 2012 |
Used
Cameras, Great Bargains - Seoul CIty Parks 1,
Gyeongbokgung The National Palace with the Canon 5d Mark III
by BigJoe - How to Capture Panoramic Photographs with a
DSLR by Charles - Portrait Professional Software Review
by Tom - Silver Efex Pro 2 Review by Tom -
Thailand Photo Stories, LensCap Stories by Dana |
| 5 May 2012 |
Welcome To
The World Landon/Thailand Trip Report - Rickster/Anatomy Of A
Photography Workshop |
| 7 April 2012 |
Extreme
Image Processing, Guangzhou China, Intel 520 Series 240gb SSD Review |
| 3 March 2012 |
Namsan
Tower and Cityscapes/Velodyne Vpulse In-Ear Headphone Review/Camera
Categories |
| 4 February 2012 |
Vintage
DSLR Canon 1ds Mark II vs 5d Mark II/China Real Estate/Trip Report
Thailand/Thailand Photo Stories by Dana |
| 31 December 2011 |
Critical Focus Might Be Genetic/An Amateur's Perspective of the Four
Seasons of Korea/Magic Jack Plus In-Depth Review |
| 3 December 2011 |
2011
Floods, Bangkok Thailand/Amazon Kindle Fire Running Review/Japan
Disgraces Thailand |
| 5 November 2011 |
Krabi
Thailand, South West Monsoons, Day Trading PC Build |
| 1 October 2011 |
2011
Bangkok Motor Show/Fuji x100 China Torture Test/Ordering a Amazon
Kindle Fire? |
| 27 August 2011 |
Random
Cambodia/ Sony NEX-5 LCD Repair Experiences |
| 20 August 2011 |
20
August: Koh Samed/Balancing Color in Photoshop CS5 |
| 13 August 2011 |
Whale
Watching With Rod C./Intel 320 Series SSD Review |
| 30 July 2011 |
Suanpalm Farmnok/Western Digital WD TV
LIVE HUB Review |
| 23 July 2011 |
Palauan
Island of Peleliu / TP-Link TL-WR1043ND Ultimate Wirless-N Gigabyte
Router |
| 16 April 2011 |
Column Update |
| 9 April 2011 |
Column Update |
| 2 April 2011 |
Column Update |
| 26 March 2011 |
The Future |
| 19 March 2011 |
Toning For Fun/Bayon
Part 2/lWindows 7 God Mode |
| 12 March 2011 |
Black & White
Toning/Bang Chang/Digital Photo Frame Primer |
| 5 March 2011 |
Antique Toning/Bayon
Cambodia Part 1/Combining Images in CS5 Photoshop |
| 26 February 2011 |
Sepia Toning/Eric Clapton Bangkok 2011/Lightroom Noise Reduction |
| 19 February 2011 |
Preah Vihear Temple/Western Digital 2tb Caviar Black Hard Drive, Review |
| 12 February 2011 |
The Train Market, MaeKlong Station/RAM Explained |
| 5 February 2011 |
Champasak, Vat Phou South Laos Part 2 |
| 29 January 2011 |
Karen Refugees Stuck In The Middle/Champasak, Vat Phou South Laos Part One/Mini-Tower i7-950 Workstation |
| 22 January 2011 |
Compositional Balance / Hua Hin, Squid Row / Asus Rampage III Gene, Micro-ATX Motherboard Review |
| 15 January 2011 |
POW 921, Author Mike Holt, an Interview/Lian-li PC-V354 Micro-ATX Case, a Review |
| 8 January 2011 |
Viva Cuba!/OCZ RevoDrive PCI-Express SSD Review |
| 1 January 2011 |
Happy New Year |
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| 2010 Archives |
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| 25 December 2010 |
Merry Christmas |
| 18 December 2010 |
Samut Songkram Boat Yards III/Canon 5d Mark II and 7d Model Dial Factory Modification/www.shipito.com Long Term Update |
| 11 December 2010 |
Boat Trip, Chiang Kong-Houei XAI to Luang Prabang/TP-Link TD-W8960n WIreless ADSL2+ Router Modem, A Review |
| 4 December 2010 |
Safari World Bangkok/Dkink DSL-2542b ADSL+2 Modem/Router, A Review |
| 27 November 2010 |
Hanzhou China, West Lake/Selective Saturation, A Tutorial |
| 20 November 2010 |
Hangzhou China/Western Digital, My Passport Essential SE, A Review |
| 13 November 2010 |
Today's column |
| 6 November 2010 |
Chinese Village, Pai/Garmin 3790t GPS, A Review |
| 30 October 2010 |
Readers Submissions, What Why and How |
| 23 October 2010 |
Mae Hong Son Landscapes, and a Mid-Range Zoom/Logitech K800 Illuminated Cordless Keyboard |
| 16 October 2010 |
Lisou Village, Mae Hong Son/Gamuts, Color Profiling, and the Internet |
| 9 October 2010 |
Pai, About And Around Town/Monitor Basics |
| 2 October 2010 |
The Road To Pai, And a Surprise/Samsung BX2450 24" LED-Backlit LCD Monitor, First Look |
| 25 September 2010 |
Interview, Kees Sprenger/Dorothy Cullioty, Food From Northen Laos/Lightroom 3.2, Processing A Landscape |
| 18 September 2010 |
Food From Northern Laos, A Book Review/Lightroom 3.2, Processing a Glamor Portrait |
| 11 September 2010 |
Phra Chulachomaklao Fortress, Naval Museum/Android 2.2 Froyo Is Here! |
| 4 September 2010 |
Sanctuary of Truth, A Primer/Three Way Keyboard Shoot Out! |
| 28 August 2010 |
Mothers & Daughters/www.shipito.com A Shipment Forwarding Service |
| 21 August 2010 |
Ayothaya Floating Market/Pantip, Where I Shop |
| 14 August 2010 |
Bus 11, Behind the Scenes/Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid, A Review |
| 7 August 2010 |
Ayutthaya Wat Ratchaburana/Hoya Pro1 Digital Filter Series, A Review |
| 31 July 2010 |
A Night in Pattaya With The Sony NEX-5/ATI 5450 Silence Video Card, Review |
| 24 July 2010 |
Alaska Cruise/Xrite Color Checker Passport, Hands On/100th Edition! |
| 17 July 2010 |
Through Matthew's Eyes/HTC Desire Smartphone, a Hands-On |
| 10 July 2010 |
Clouds 101/Sony NEX-5 User Report Part I |
| 3 July 2010 |
Earning Your Composition, The Reality/Infraview, a Review |
| 26 June 2010 |
Intel X25-V 40gig Value SSD Review/Building a Composition Step by Step |
| 19 June 2010 |
Dual Review Special Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Version 3.0 Review/Syncing.net Review |
| 5 June 2010 |
Angkor Vat II / WD HD Live |
| 29 May 2010 |
Lessons From the Rubble/A Review, Lenovo x201s Thinkpad |
| 22 May 2010 |
Bangkok Images Grand Site Opening! |
| 15 May 2010 |
Special Beijing Welcomes You Part 2 |
| 8 May 2010 |
Special Beijing Welcomes You Part 1 |
| 1 May 2010 |
Yunnan China/A Review, Samung PN50B860 50" Plasma HDTV |
| 24 April 2010 |
Biker Bart Special |
| 17 April 2010 |
A Tiger Story/Review, Garmin Nuvi 885T GPS and ERSI Thailand Map Set |
| 10 April 2010 |
Bear Fight/Review, Mountainsmith Tour Lumbar Pack |
| 3 April 2010 |
Samut Songkran, Boat Yards III/FastPictureViewer, a Review by Tom Tweedel |
| 27 March 2010 |
Rural Ang Thong / Crucial C300 256gb SSD, Asus U3S6 SATA III/USB 3.0 Interface, A Review |
| 13 March 2010 |
Safari World Landscapes / Processing A Portrait |
| 6 March 2010 |
Trounced By My Assistant / A Modeling Experience |
| 27 February 2010 |
Photographing Primates / Watermarking Images In Lightroom |
| 20 February 2010 |
A Friday Night in Auckland, Stick Reports / Review Logitech Performance Mouse MX |
| 13 February 2010 |
Vietnam Through An Expat's Eyes / Video Cards For Modern Photogaphers |
| 6 February 2010 |
The Yellow River China, A Visit/Anticipating The Wildlife Capture |
| 30 January 2010 |
Safari World II, A Second Take Review / Logitech Mx100 Cordless Laser Mouse |
| 23 January 2010 |
Placeshifting / Slingbox Pro HD Review |
| 16 January 2010 |
Morning Light at the Damnoen Saduak Market / Equipment Care in SE Asia |
| 9 January 2010 |
Hot Air Balloon Festival / Why Windows 7 |
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| 2009 Archives |
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| 26 December 2009 |
Merry Christmas |
| 19 December 2009 |
The Traditional African Safari For Photographers Part 2 |
| 12 December 2009 |
The Traditional African Safari For Photographers |
| 5 December 2009 |
Chatuchak (J.J.) Market/Review: Istar HDD Docking Bay, S.M.A.R.T. Testing HDDs |
| 28 November 2009 |
Revisited, Safe Haven Orphanage / Professional Lighting Example |
| 21 November 2009 |
Mae La Revisited / Review Intel Core i7-920 Workstation Build |
| 14 November 2009 |
Loy Kratong On The Onnut Klong / Review Toshiba A505 Laptop |
| 7 November 2009 |
Interview, Stick Gets Grilled!!!/Review, Imagenomics Portraiture |
| 31 October 2009 |
Autumn Visions/Which Computer Platform? |
| 24 October 2009 |
Wat Pa Yiah, Chiang Rai/Distortion Correction |
| 17 October 2009 |
Interview, Craig Lamson, Successful Advertising Photographer/Self-publish How-To! |
| 10 October 2009 |
Interview, Rob Martin 1DS.com/Expose to the Right |
| 3 October 2009 |
Katoey Show/The Mighty 85mm, A Portrait Lens |
| 26 September 2009 |
Kruger Trip Report Part II/Review, Focus Magic |
| 19 September 2009 |
Kruger Trip Report Part I/5 Years Old and ISO 3200 |
| 12 September 2009 |
Suphanburi Part 2/Review, BreezeBrowser Pro |
| 5 September 2009 |
Suphanburi Part I/Review, Helicon Filter |
| 29 August 2009 |
Mae La Refugee Camp/Resize Magic Review |
| 22 August 2009 |
Mae Sot, Thai Burma Friendship Bridge/Charging Your Devices While Traveling |
| 15 August 2009 |
Samut Songkram Boat Yards II /Balancing Light |
| 8 August 2009 |
No Place To Call Home |
| 1 August 2009 |
One Year Anniversary! |
| 25 July 2009 |
Ton Lamyai Flower Market, Chiang Mai/Glove Box Cameras |
| 18 July 2009 |
A Monk's View / Helicon Focus Review |
| 11 July 2009 |
Wat Rong Khun / HDR III |
| 4 July 2009 |
Chiang Mai, 3 Choirs/Mid-Range Zooms |
| 27 June 2009 |
Rural Chiang Rai/Capture Tips |
| 20 June 2009 |
Safari World, Critically Sharp!/Auto Focus Modes |
| 13 June 2009 |
East African Photography Tour, Part II/Flash Card Memory Basics |
| 6 June 2009 |
East African Photography Tour, Part I/Epson 600 Workforce AIO Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copy/Photo |
| 30 May 2009 |
Philippines, an Evolution |
| 23 May 2009 |
Philippines Special |
| 16 May 2009 |
Death Railway Museum/Bracing The Camera |
| 9 May 2009 |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery/HDR II |
| 2 May 2009 |
Chungkai War Cemetery/Photo Critique Sites |
| 25 April 2009 |
Bridge, River Khwae Yai / Colour Profiling Your Monitor |
| 18 April 2009 |
Sticky Songkran/Point and Shoot Possibilities |
| 11 April 2009 |
Review Fuji F200EXR/Point and Shoot Street Photography in Chinatown |
| 4 April 2009 |
Singapore and a P&S/Thai Weddings! |
| 28 March 2009 |
Wat Pho (Reclining Buddha)/Photographing Temples WIDE |
| 21 March 2009 |
Beung Boraphet/Portraits, Lighting Head Shots |
| 14 March 2009 |
Antarctica/Portraits, Soft Natural Light |
| 7 March 2009 |
Khao Yai National Forest/Portraits and Photoshop Filters |
| 28 February 2009 |
Special Edition, Critical Focus |
| 21 February 2009 |
Chokchai Steak House/Full Frame Advantage |
| 14 February 2009 |
Portrait Head Shots/Dave The Rave Photographs Bangkok |
| 7 February 2009 |
Panoramics II, Siracha Tiger Zoo II |
| 31 January 2009 |
Panoramics, Sanctuary of Truth II |
| 24 January 2009 |
Night Shots, Samut Songkram Boat Yards |
| 17 January 2009 |
Electronic Killers / A River Hotel |
| 10 January 2009 |
Tone Splitting/Qianmen Street China |
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| 27 December 2008 |
Merry Christmas |
| 20 December 2008 |
Megapixel Hoax!/5d Mark II In-Depth User Report |
| 13 December 2008 |
Airliner Window Photography, Angkor Vat |
| 6 December 2008 |
Timing is Everything, Damnoen Saduak Floating Market |
| 29 November 2008 |
5D Mark II User Report, Ayuthaya |
| 22 November 2008 |
Using flash in Near Darkness, Loy Krathong |
| 15 November 2008 |
Introduction to RAW, DPRK Part 2 |
| 8 November 2008 |
LR2.1 Localized Editing, DPRK |
| 1 November 2008 |
HDR, A Wedding |
| 25 October 2008 |
Composite, Queen Sirikit Botanical Gardens |
| 18 October 2008 |
DOF for fun, Doi Suthep |
| 11 October 2008 |
DOF Landscapes, Ang Thong |
| 4 October 2008 |
DOF Portraits, Northern Road Trip |
| 27 September 2008 |
Depth Of Field, Wild Life Safari, Bangkok |
| 20 September 2008 |
Focal Distance, The Great Wall |
| 13 September 2008 |
Focal Length, Southern Thailand |
| 6 September 2008 |
Shutter speed, Khao Kheow Open Zoo |
| 30August 2008 |
Aperture, Siracha Tiger Zoo |
| 23 August 2008 |
Resizing Images, Kantoke Theater Chiang Mai |
| 16 August 2008 |
ISO Explained, Grand Palace |
| 9 August 2008 |
Exposure Compensation, Bang Chang |
| 2 August 2008 |
Histograms, Sanctuary of Truth |
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