Monday Memories: Curry Noodles in Kuala Lumpur

Monday Memories: a Return to Instagram and Food Photography. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Foraging for street food in Asia can be heaven or hell, as I was reminded recently after slurping a bowl of curry noodles in Kuala Lumpur. Sometimes you end up with a dish that makes your day – all for the price of a cold drink at a ‘real’ restaurant and sometimes you wish you’d … Read more

Monday Memories – Instagram iPhone Snapshot from a Seaplane

Sydney Harbour by Seaplane, Sydney, Australia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

With yet another “Monday Memories” post, while I never need to hear “you have the best job in the world” ever again, we do get to go to some cool places and do some interesting things. Then we go back to the hotel room or apartment and spend hours fine-tuning words and photographs, while those … Read more

Monday Memories: Sublime Sunset at St Kilda Pier, Melbourne

Monday Memories: Sublime Sunset at St Kilda Pier, Melbourne. Sunset at St Kilda Pier, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

We were blessed with brilliant weather during our Melbourne stay on this particular trip. No, really. While our Sydney friends griped about having experienced one of the worst summers ever, we were soaking up the sunshine in a city that can famously serve up four seasons in one hour. On one of our last days … Read more

Mekong River Photography – A Monk on the Mekong River in Laos

A monk blessing a new Temple on the Mekong River, Laos. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

I have to be honest. After a few hours on the Mekong river in Laos, I was getting a little bored photography-wise. There are only so many sun-baking cows, narrow speed boats throwing up rooster tails of water, and children wistfully waving from the sandy shores that you can photograph before you start to worry … Read more

Monday Memories – Siem Reap Dance Troupe Portraits

Apsara Dancer Portraits, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Sometimes, as a photographer, you go to an event where you think you might be able to make good photographs for your story, but when you arrive you just know that it’s not going to work. That’s what happened when we were staying at the gorgeous Amansara resort in Siem Reap where there was a dance … Read more