Author Archives: Rod
Koyo in Kyoto, Japan
“Koyo” is Japanese for “colourful autumn leaves” and I recently travelled to Kyoto for a day to catch the end of the season there. Koyo season in Japan extends from late September to early December, although 2011 has been a little warmer in Japan on average and the colour in the trees has stayed a [...]
Photography Talent: Loy Chuan
I want to use my blog to not only share my photography but to showcase other photographers occasionally. To that end, my recent travels in Cambodia were with an incredibly talented group of passionate photographers from all over the world. Quite humbling to say the least. One of the guys, Loy Chuan from Singapore, is [...]
Autumn Colours in Japan
A short post from Narita, Japan. I wandered down to the temple here early this morning, to try capturing the colours of autumn. It’s that time of year here, when trees all over Japan are bursting with colour for a month or so before hankering down for winter. The temple grounds in Narita are especially [...]
Please Help Me To Help Cambodia
The floods in Cambodia this year are the worst ever. We have been hearing about the floods in Thailand, but in Cambodia it is far more serious due to a higher percentage of the population involved in agriculture, poor infrastructure and poor government support. Nearly 250 people have died, 8% of all rice paddies in [...]
Battambang-bound
The other day we left Siem Reap and headed to the city of Battambang in Cambodia’s north west. A very pleasant drive through endless rice paddies, many of which were still covered with floodwater. Still a lot of greenery around, something this road is renown for. Everywhere the local kids were taking advantage of the [...]
Sunsets, Elephants, Waterfalls
A short update from Cambodia. Spent 3 days around the Siem Reap area, seeing the well visited and less-visited sites. Sunset and sunrise at Angkor Wat of course: the sunset was spectacular, the sunrise the following morning less so, but some nice shots to be found outside and inside this magnificent structure. Then to [...]
“Do You Have Facebook?”
Arrived in Siem Reap last night to find the place awash. It’s been twelve months since I was here and what a mess: the river breached its banks about six days ago flooding the city and the constant rain is not helping things. But life goes on; the Cambodians would have to be the most [...]
Pchum Ben Festival, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Well, first blog in a while and my return to Cambodia seems an appropriate time to start up again. Arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday, landing slap bang in the middle of the Pchum Ben festival, which commemorates the spirits of the dead. This event actually goes for 15 days during which people make offerings of [...]
Pahiyas Festival, Quezon Province, Philippines
Back in The Philippines, and some friends invited me to travel with them to the Pahiyas Festival, in the town of Lucban, Quezon province. Held every 15th May, the festival celebrates a bountiful harvest and locals decorate their houses with colourful farm produce. Fruits, vegetables and colourful rice wafers are used to try outdoing each [...]
Shark Hunting
Having a few days with Matt and David at www.evolution.com.ph, on Malapascua Island, Philippines. Again chasing after the blokes in the photo below. Tomorrow the mission is Hammerhead sharks. They tell me they’re fairly timid and skittish. Let’s hope so…
Seven Years On
I’ve just returned from Japan, having not operated up there for 4 years. This was also the first time for me flying the B747 into Tokyo’s Narita Airport. I’ve always loved Japan and it hasn’t changed: the people, the culture and the food are all fantastic. Seven years ago I took a photograph of an [...]
River of Gold
I travelled through Bangkok recently and wandered down to the Chao Phraya River one evening, at sunset. I’d seen the beautiful reflections created by the riverboats on another occasion; this time I had a long lens and was determined to capture the colour. I wasn’t disappointed. Every few minutes a different coloured boat would pull [...]
It Starts At Angkor Wat
Welcome to the first official post of my blog. After lots of testing it’s time to go live with what I have so far. The aims of the site are multiple: to share my photography more easily, and also provide a platform to share info about other photographers and things going on in the natural [...]