Terence Carter 
We arrived in Phnom Penh at the start of the wet season. I looked at my iPhone’s weather report and every day was represented by the thunderstorm symbol. At this time of year it can rain every two out of three days. And it did. We were on assignment to do a magazine travel feature, … Read more
It was a miserable afternoon in Phnom Penh. But for a photographer who is on assignment – essentially selling a destination – this had to be seen as a challenge, rather than something to dampen the spirits more than the sporadic showers; showers that mixed with my perspiration from the constant humidity. Late afternoon is my … Read more
In last week’s Monday Memories post I mentioned that there were several other photos in my ‘finals’ folder that I had taken at the mass alms-giving that was Visakha Bucha Day. However, sometimes, when you have a specific layout for your photographs in mind, you can overlook other images that have just as much impact but didn’t … Read more
When there are 12,600 Buddhist monks from southern Thailand in one street of Bangkok at once, where, as a photographer, do you start trying to document the mass alms-giving that was Visakha Bucha Day? The answer, of course, is to not panic and keep it simple. Wide shot, mid shot, close-up. That’s what I was taught … Read more
Add a Thai cooking class at the Mandarin Oriental Cooking School in Bangkok to your Thailand itinerary if you’re like us and believe that discovering the food of a destination is a way into the heart of a place and learning to cook the cuisine is the route into its soul – via the stomach! … Read more