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Have had a really lovely time here in Bangkok – spent the last two days with Gavin Gough and Matt Brandon, wandering, shooting a little, but mostly sitting around talking and conspiring to take over the world. The usual stuff. It’s refreshing to be with other photographers with no need to compete, no need even to go and shoot, but to sit, laugh, and talk philosophy or ethics, or tell blatant lies about – as Matt Brandon put it – how slow we can handhold a camera. These are the best times, as far as I am concerned, and there are no two photographers on the planet that I would rather spend an evening with.

On the way to dinner at Kuppa Restaurant. Matt showed me the Night Scene setting on the G9 – fantastic. Shot this at ISO 80, and it drags the shutter, rear curtain sync, all automatic. Sweet, night-shooting goodness was never so easy.

We also did some talking about the Thailand Lumen Dei tour and are now in the big push to finalize it. I really can’t wait for this one. If you have not considered the tour and want to spend some quality time with 3 passionate photographers with questionable sense of humour, this is the chance o’ a lifetime. Check it out HERE and get in touch if it interests you, but do it fast because it’s in May and time’s a’ flyin’.

Similarily, if you’re ever photographing Bangkok and only have a day or two, I can’t think of a better guide than Gavin. He’s got a formal one-day workshop too, check it out HERE.

In an surprising twist of fate I also managed to share a couple meals in Kathmandu with Bruce Percy, a photographer I linked to last month, a man whose work I admire tremendously. He ended up at my guest house in the Kat ahead of schedule and we had a wonderful time connecting. If you’ve not spent any time watching his podcasts, you’re short-changing yourself.

So now we’re en route to Hanoi and what is really the last leg of the trip. We have a couple days in Hanoi, then we’re off to Sapa by train for what will be a far too short 2 days/ 1 night before we’re back on the night train to Hanoi, one last day in Hanoi and then off to San Francisco via Seoul.

See you in Hanoi!