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Wat Arun Ratchavararam

I don’t remember exactly, but I’ve been to Bangkok around half a dozen times. We’ve done weekend trips, a few days of business combined with a few days of touring, we’ve stopped in Bangkok on our way to other places in Thailand, and our most recent stay was over the Christmas holiday 2019. This was the first time that we have travelled and actually hired a photo tour / photo guide – a company called Moments When. Interestingly, the business seemed much more geared toward people that wanted to have a photographer follow them around and take their picture in front of some of the most interesting (read : most instragrammable) places around Bangkok. We booked in for one evening walk, mostly through Chinatown that also highlighted some of the different foods of Bangkok, and the next day we booked in a “highlights” tour of some of the better known temples and sites around Bangkok. Both of our photo guides were actually pretty excited that we were photographers ourselves. At any rate, they were both great guides, and gave us some good photo tips along the way – I highly recommend them both.

On the second day tour, we ended our day at a rooftop bar / restaurant that was right on the river and this beatiful temple was directly on the other side. We had a few drinks, waited for the sun to go down, and I snapped this photo.

Sony A7R II | Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM | 73mm | f/2.8 | 1/20th | ISO320

The Golden Buddhas

It’s been nearly a year since I last posted. It’s not a lack of photos. It’s just a lack of time to post.  So, my early New Year resolution – more photos, more posts.

This is at the Grand Palace in Bangkok.  I didn’t count how many buddhas there are in the Palace, but it must be in the hundreds.  It’s a fantastic place to visit. However, I don’t recommend going in the middle of the day. During that time, it’s in the 30’s C / 90’s F and about 90% humidity.  It would be much better to visit in the late afternoon or early evening. The sun starts to go down then. You can enjoy that nice, soft evening glow on everything.

Sony A7R II | Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM | 29mm | f/2.8 | 1/60th | ISO400