Dahab

Dahab, Sinai, Egypt, 2005: Captured this boy minding the camels on the outskirts of Dahab. Dahab is a popular tourist destination on the east coast of the Sinai peninsular. It was targeted a few months after I’d visited by a series of suicide bombers- resulting in the deaths of 23 people. One of the three […]

SVK

Little India, Singapore, 2001: Sri Veerama Kaliamman Temple on Serangoon Road… Canon EOS 100, Sigma 28-105

Vardar

Skopje , Republic of Macedonia, 2002: The Vardar river flows through Skopje south to the Greek border and the Aegaen sea beyond… These cyclist’s look kinda sifty- like they really didn”t want their photo taken… Canon EOS 100 / Sigma 28-105

Karnakman

Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, 2005: This un-official guide took a lot of convincing for me to take his photo- without paying him baksheesh. It’s a challenge to make it through the day in Egypt without paying baksheesh- I made it a personal aim. The term broadly means to pay someone money as a tip or bribe, […]

Bruxelles bar

Brussels, Belgium, 2004: Caught this local man relaxing at the end of the day with a drink and the paper. The Olympus XA2 (or XA) is a great camera for discreet shots. Small, low profile, exellent lens and superb metering… Olympus XA2/Kodak Tri X

Photina

Wellington, NZ, 2008: Self-portrait shot on a Photina twin-lens reflex. These TLR’s take a pretty decent image- even the budget German optics of the 1950’s were exellent… Photina Reflex TLR

Temple boy

Angkor, Cambodia, 2001: Met this boy while visiting one of the out-lying temples at Angkor. This was way before the present day mass tourism to Siem Reap and nearby Angkor Wat. He and about 10 other boys seemed to be residing within the temple complex itself , making a living guiding the few tourists who […]

Drive-By Shooting (in colour)

Wellington, New Zealand, 8th October 2010: More drive-by shooting action, but in colour… Could be more DBS coming up soon as its an easy, if lazy way of getting some potentially great street shots. I came upon the (probably not wholly original) idea a while ago, but have not really put it much into practice, […]

cyclos

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2001: These cyclo drivers had the right idea, taking a siesta during the hottest time of the day. It was April, also the hottest time of the year in Cambodia. But I was just a stupid barang who thought it was a better idea to walk around getting dehydratyed and taking pictures. […]