Report on the photoshoot trip to the remote temple of Banteay Chhmar in North-West Cambodia.
Guest Photographer: Dr. Rolf Heinrich Koch
Photographs of murals and statues in temples found mainly in southern Sri Lanka by Dr. Rolf Heinrich Koch.
Time Lapse Photography by Terje Sorgjerd
These are three short time-lapse videos made by Terje Sørgjerd, the first is of the Aurora Borealis taken in the Arctic, the second features Spain’s highest mountain El Teide, the third was shot in and around Kirkenes on the Russian border.
The Last Four Albums from Bangkok
Report on the last four temples I photographed in Bangkok, how I got around and what I missed and will have to return for
Temples built by Rama III for his Daughter and Grand-Daughter
Photographs from Wat Thepthidaram, which Rama III built for his Daughter, Princess Wilat, and features 52 bhikkhuni statues; and Wat Ratchanadda built for his Grand-Daughter which houses the Brazen Palace.
Photographs from Wat Pho
My visit to Wat Pho in Bangkok, and the photographs I took there of the murals and buildings – and how much I missed while I was there.
Photographs of Two Chinese Temples
I have just published two new web albums on the Photo Dharma website that I took recently at nearby Chinese temples. They were taken to try out my new camera which is advertised as being especially useful in low light conditions.
Video of Murals in Viharn Lai Kham, Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai
Video of murals inside Viharn Lai Kham, which date from the mid-19th century and illustrate two non-Canonical Jataka Stories, using pan and zoom techniques to animate the photographs.
Mount Kailash, A Pilgrim’s Companion
A short book by Ven Dhammika as a companion to Mount Kailash has now been published on the Photo Dharma website, with extra photographs he took along the way.
Photographs from Wat Sri Suphan in Chiang Mai
A report on my stay at Wat Sri Suphan in Chiang Mai, the wonderful art work that is found there and the support they are giving to the local traditions of Lanna arts and crafts.
Photo Albums from the Temples around Chiang Mai
A report on some of the Temples I visited in the immediate Chiang Mai area, including Wat Phra That Doi Suthep.
Chiang Mai: Photos of Temples in the Old City
Photographs from the temples in the old City, which are some of the oldest in Chiang Mai, and were often built with Royal patronage, along with recollections of my visit to the various Temples.
Chiang Mai: Photo Albums of Modern Structures
This post covers my trip to Fang, Tha Ton and Chiang Rai and the modern temples and other buildings that we found there, including the White Temple and the Black House.
Second Guest on Photo Dharma: Ven. Dhammika
Over the past few years Ven. Dhammika has been traveling extensively and fortunately for us he took his camera with him. Now he has contributed some of these photos to the Photo Dharma website.
A New Buddha Head
I went to Penang last week to take some books to various centres on the Island, and at the last place I went to I noticed an incongruous life-sized Buddha Head sticking out of a cardboard box.
Writing Filenames into JPEG Comments and Captions with a Batch File
This post looks at how I solved a problem I had with naming captions in photographs so they can be easily uploaded to Picasa web albums. It also shows how to write to jpeg comments.
Buddhas and Murals at the Po Win Caves – 2
Po Win Daung is a large complex of 800+ sandstone caves around 20 km from Monywa, which have been dug out of the hills and contains what is considered to be one of the richest collection of mural paintings and Buddhist statues in South-East Asia.
Buddhas and Murals at the Po Win Caves – 1
The very next day we organised a major outing to go and see the Po Win caves which are west of Monywa, and around 150km away from our base. This was probably our biggest “find” on the trip.
Idyllic Taungthaman Lake
After visiting and photographing the Kyauktawgyi Pagoda, and feeling more satisfied with ourselves, having done one of the things we had set out to do, we decided to walk back over the U Bein bridge. The bridge is said, at around 1200 metres long, to be the longest teak bridge in the world, and was…
