Photos from Thailand and My Fear of Photographing People
My favorite photo from last year’s Photo Expedition in Thailand would have to be one of these: Monk in prayer at the Doi Suthep temple above Chiang Mai Water lily among lily pads in a planter at the...
View ArticleHow to Photograph Performing Art: Day 2, AWAI Photo Expedition in Bali,...
In Bali, men and women will often wear a Western-style shirt on the top and a traditional sarong on the bottom, like our guide Wayan: Certain statues and trees wear sarongs, too, but theirs are made of...
View ArticleHow to Make People Disappear in Photos: Day 3: GEP Photography Expedition in...
Bonnie here again, writing to you from our photo expedition in Ubud, Bali. Today we got up early to visit Besakih -- the most important temple on the island. If you ever go, do it first thing in the...
View ArticleHow to Sell Your Travel Photos in Coffee Shops: Day 4: Photo Expedition in...
Bonnie here, coming to you on the last day of our photo expedition in Bali. I can’t believe how much we’ve done and learned in just five days. From temples to monkeys to rice fields to a cooking...
View ArticleThailand Dispatch #1: Grasshoppers for dinner
They were all staring at me. I had no choice. I grabbed a grasshopper with my chopsticks, squeezed my eyes shut, and threw it in my mouth. "Hmm," I thought, as it crunched between my teeth, "kinda...
View ArticleThailand Dispatch #2: The easiest night-shoot
Entirely white, and glittering with tiny mirrors, the White Temple is unlike any other temple in Thailand. (And Thailand boasts a lot of temples. So many, in fact, that if you visited one a day, it...
View ArticleThailand Dispatch #3: Better people shots
As a travel photographer, it’s a gift to go to a country as beautiful as Thailand and find that the people are friendly... and willing to have their photo taken. When you get an opportunity like that,...
View ArticleThailand Dispatch #4: Ready... Set... Wait
“If you haven’t been to Doi Suthep temple, you haven’t been to Chiang Mai,” our guide Pongsak told us, with pride in his hometown. Bonnie here one last time, coming to you after our Photo Expedition in...
View ArticlePhotos from Holland
There’s enough Gouda cheese in my suitcase to maintain two months of heavy snacking, and I’ve got loads of photos on my hard drive to occupy me over the next two days. As you may have guessed, I’m...
View ArticleIn Rome: Buried alive and fed by wolves
History buff, Mindy C. wants to go to Rome to take saleable photographs of archaeological wonders like the Roman Forum with its headless Vestal Virgin statues. The Vestals were a group of female...
View ArticleIn Rome: Hokey pokey and ice cream
Thanks for putting your name on my list of readers interested in our upcoming photography expedition in Rome. We have just FIVE seats left. And here’s another reason I think you should join us on...
View ArticleEcuador Day 3: Is this real life?
There’s no place like Ecuador. I’ve been here on four separate workshops, and it never gets old. It might sound strange if you’ve never been, but there’s a real magic to this place, with its gentle...
View ArticleIndia Photo Expedition Day 1: The Chaotic Streets of Old Delhi
In Old Delhi, traffic doesn’t stop for monkeys riding bikes, cows pulling carts, or, you know, red lights. Bonnie, here, coming to you on Day One of our India Photo Expedition with professional...
View ArticleIndia Photo Expedition Day 2: Shoot Great Photos with an Overcast Sky
You can thank India that your clothes don’t fall off. They invented the button here. Actually, you can thank India for your clothes, too, because they also invented cotton fabric. And those childhood...
View ArticlePhotos from the India Photo Expedition
Chandrikan raised his hand, signaling our driver to stop. His thin body tensed. “An alarm call,” he whispered. “The deer can see the tiger.” With his palm he smacked the side of the jeep and we took...
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