Photographs of a huge collection of Buddhist-themed materials from China, Thailand and Cambodia
Two Photo Albums from Phimai Published
Photographs from Prasat Phanom Rung
Photographs of a large-scale Khmer Hindu complex in Buriram Province, North-East Thailand.
New Album from Phimai in Korat
Photographs from this Angkorian site, which is now situated in North-East Thailand, at the farthest end on the road from Angkor, together with further information.
Nirvana – The Spread of Buddhism across Asia: images by Jeremy Horner
Wonderful photographs from all over Buddhist Asia by Jeremy Horner.
Trip to Banteay Chhmar
Report on the photoshoot trip to the remote temple of Banteay Chhmar in North-West Cambodia.
Bhante Anandajoti: 4. The Spread of Buddhist Civilisation through Asia
A video based on a talk looking at the spread of Buddhist Civilisation throughout Asia from the earliest times till around 1,200 years after its beginning.
Sita Sings the Blues
A modern retelling of the Ramayana story by Nina Paley featuring the music of the 20s blues singer Annette Hanshaw.
Royal Ballet of Cambodia: Khmer Reamker (Ramayana)
Highlights from the Royal Ballet of Cambodia’s perfomance of the Khmer version of the Ramayana, the Ramkear, which was performed in Lyons, France.
The Ascendency of Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia
Book Review of The Ascendency of Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia by Prapod Assavavirulhakarn
Angkor Wat Lotus Temple
This is a short video from National Geographic’s Atmosphere podcast, which looks at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, which I visited twice this year.
Mural Walls at Bayon 3: Soldiers and Elephants at War
The video is made from three murals from the East Wall at Bayon at Angkor Thom. Scenes: the 1st mural shows the Khmer army marching from East to West; the 2nd from West to East; and the 3rd shows the Chams marching to meet them and engaging in battle.
Photographic Paintings of Tonle Sap: FotoSketcher
In earlier posts I have shown some of the tools I am using to output panoramic photographs and make videos out of them. Here I will show a great software that can make “paintings” out of your photos.
Ta Phrom: Gods and Angels in Ruins: Digital Clip Factory
I had used the Digital Clip Factory to scan from one end of a photograph to another in order to make viewing of the long murals as Bayon presentable. I also have another video made this time of the East Wall.
Mural Walls at Bayon 2: Digital Clip Factory
Doing long scans in this way is really an imaginative extension of what the software was meant for. A more usual way of employing it is to animate still photographs to make them more interesting. This is called the Ken Burns effect.
Mural Walls at Bayon 1: Microsoft’s Image Composite Editor
On the second day at Angkor I started taking photographs of the walls at Bayon, it was actually quite hard work to shuffle along corridors holding the camera at a steady height, trying not to bump into anyone, and not to fall over either.
View of Penang Island: Hugin and Panorama Tools
I had found some software that makes excellent, seamless panoramas, and I had visions of panoramas from the Bayon in Angkor that would, like their originals, be wall-long.
Traditional Mahori Music from Cambodia
Following on from yesterday’s video here are 9 recordings of traditional Cambodian mahori music. The performance is from the early 1970s but there is no information about the performers available.
People at Angkor
Photographs of various people I saw around the Angkor Sites. They were collected from the two trips I made to Angkor in March and June.
