It\'s 4:00am here, and I am up due to jet lag so I thought I might as well put a little thread together.
I recently was fortunate enough to travel to Thailand for my brother-in-law\'s wedding. Before Christmas I stopped by a thread here on the FM alt board where fellow member Edward Karaa happened to mention that anyone traveling through Bangkok should drop him a line. Although I didn\'t know him personally, but did know him as a respected poster here, I did so thinking it might be a good opportunity to meet for a coffee and maybe go out and shoot for an hour or two. Boy was I wrong! Not only did we managed to fit in several full afternoons of shooting, we also had numerous dinners together at great restaurants as well. I cannot believe what a friendly and gracious host Edward turned out to be. He was truly the difference between a good trip and an amazing one.
Being from a smaller town on the West Coast of Canada, and being somewhat shy in nature, I had not really had a chance to really try street photography much before. Bangkok however seems to be the \'mecca\' for this type of shooting, and Edward guided me to some great spots and also helped with working up my nerve to approach people and photograph them.
The main intent for my thread, other than sharing some of my images of course, is to acknowledge Edward for showing myself and my family, who in reality were initially complete strangers, such a great time. So, Thank you Edward, it was honestly an experience I will remember for the rest of my life, and I am sure I will be back for more.
I will start where we started, in Bangkok\'s Chinatown on the weekend of the Chinese New Year. First off, the host himself; adding to his merit by freeing birds... (Temporarily anyways! ) Edward had his M9 of course, with the ZM 25/2.8 and ZM 35/2 I believe. When with Edward I was shooting with my 5D2 and primarily the ZE 35/1.4, with a few shots taken with the ZE 21/2.8.
It\'s 4:00am here, and I am up due to jet lag so I though I might as well put a little thread together.
I recently was fortunate enough to travel to Thailand for my brother-in-law\'s wedding. Before Christmas I stopped by a thread here on the FM alt board where fellow member Edward Karaa happened to mention that anyone traveling through Bangkok should drop him a line. Although I didn\'t know him personally, but did know him as a respected poster here, I did so thinking it might be a good opportunity to meet for a coffee and maybe go out and shoot for an hour or two. Boy was I wrong! Not only did we managed to fit in several full afternoons of shooting, we also had numerous dinners together at great restaurants as well. I cannot believe what a friendly and gracious host Edward turned out to be. He was truly the difference between a good trip and an amazing one.
Being from a smaller town on the West Coast of Canada, and being somewhat shy in nature, I had not really had a chance to really try street photography much before. Bangkok however seems to be the \'mecca\' for this type of shooting, and Edward guided me to some great spots and also helped with working up my nerve to approach people and photograph them.
The main intent for my thread, other than sharing some of my images of course, is to acknowledge Edward for showing myself and my family, who in reality were initially complete strangers, such a great time. So, Thank you Edward, it was honestly an experience I will remember for the rest of my life, and I am sure I will be back for more.
I will start where we started, in Bangkok\'s Chinatown on the weekend of the Chinese New Year. First off, the host himself; adding to his merit by freeing birds... (Temporarily anyways! ) Edward had his M9 of course, with the ZM 25/2.8 and ZM 35/2 I believe. When with Edward I was shooting with my 5D2 and primarily the ZE 35/1.4, with a few shots taken with the ZE 21/2.8.
) Edward had his M9 of course, with the ZM 25/2.8 and ZM 35/2 I believe. When with Edward I was shooting with my 5D2 and primarily the ZE 35/1.4, with a few shots taken with the ZE 21/2.8.
