Angkor Photo Workshop – soundslides presentations and farewell
When a group of 18 people get together there is an expectation that everyone will become fast friends, that everyone will get along. Throw in the creative temperaments of 18 photographers, and at least 7 different nationalities and statistically you are pushing your luck. For this reason alone the last two weeks on the inaugural [...]
Gear is good, beer is better
A final post from the first – of what has now been decided what will be an annual event – Angkor Photo Workshop with Karl Grobl, Gavin Gough and Matt Brandon A perhaps fitting – if a little tongue-in-cheek – image to end what has been a fabulous, fun and rewarding 2 weeks,
Infra Red and Silver Gelatin Effects in Lightroom
Last week I was in Siem Reap and met the photographer John McDermott who has been based there for over 15 years. His two galleries – one next to the FCC Siem Reap and the other in the bustling center of town – show his collection of hand printed Silver Gelatin and Infra Red pictures [...]
Chum Mey and Bou Meng – Survivors of Toul Seng and Polt Pot’s genocide
Man’s inhumanity to man is a depressing theme that, over the centuries, has seemed unwilling to disappear. Most of us thankfully never have to experience first hand a holocaust, witness a genocide or live in a culture of mass murder but that does not mean that we should be oblivious to their lessons nor unwilling [...]
Essential iPhone and iPad Apps for the travelling photographer
Inevitably when a crowd of photographers gather for a workshop there is the usual conversation about cameras, lenses and gadgets and there is nothing better than a 3 hour coach ride between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh to draw up a list from the combined wisdom of so many Apple aficionados. I thought it might [...]
How to guarantee great images on a photo workshop
Sitting in the colonial grandeur of the FCC hotel in Siem Reap whilst helping Karl Grobl to run the inaugural Angkor Photo workshop I was chatting with a number of the participants about their varied experiences of attending workshops with different leaders. Most had some horror story to tell until they had found Karl’s, Gavin [...]
Angkor Photo Workshops – Monks
I try not to go to a new location with pre-conceived ideas or expectations, even if I have researched it because sometimes the weight of expectation will stifle my ability to see something with fresh eyes, or it will lead to disappointment because I couldn’t create a shot I was after, perhaps because the sky [...]
New friends in familiar places
Tomorrow Gavin Gough and I fly up to join Karl Grobl and Matt Bandon for the final preparations for the 2 week Angkor Wat Workshop that has been organized by Karl and his business partner Jim Cline. I cannot think of a better place or a nice team of colleagues to spend 2 weeks immersed [...]
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