When I was staying at the Ritz-Carlton at Phulay Bay, one day we jumped into a boat and headed over to the archipelago in search of that cool island from one of the early James Bond movies. It turns out there are lots of islands that have that same look with the undercut limestone. The snorkeling is great around here and the water is always perfectly clear. Sometimes, however, when you get out into the ocean, you can see a big floating pile of trash, and that is really kind of depressing…

Heading out for a Snorkel Near the James Bond Island

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• Date Taken2015-12-29 04:16:04
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/400
• Aperture4.8
• ISO100
• Focal Length35.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

What a cool place, eh? I love how the Thai people paint all their boats are super bright colors. I think if someone floated by with a boat all painted in soft pastels they would tease them, Thai-fisherman style. I don’t know that for a fact… I really am not sure where Thai fishermen stand on these important social issues…

Fishing Near Bang Saray

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• Date Taken2015-11-16 09:41:35
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/1000
• Aperture5
• ISO100
• Focal Length39.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-0.3

I would head here almost every night to watch the sunset across the reflecting pool at the Ritz-Carlton in Koh-Samui, Thailand. I even thought about getting a place here for a while, and I still haven’t totally given up on that idea. Thailand would actually be a super cool place to live, I think… I have many friends that have moved there. It’s very safe, housing is cheap, and the food is both great and inexpensive!

Stepping Stones to the Sunset in Koh Samui

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• Date Taken2018-03-21 00:18:50
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/125
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I rarely take long exposure shots in these tropical places at night, but, when I do, I’m always surprised! It looks a little weird, right? Like it could be daytime but with really strange lighting? I think that’s what I like about long exposure night photography… in that everything comes out a bit surprising!

Thailand Deep into the Night

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• Date Taken2018-06-28 04:39:59
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time5
• Aperture2.8
• ISO500
• Focal Length31.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

One evening in Pattaya I sneaked down through the jungle to get up close to this temple. It wasn’t quite open for public consumption yet, but I simply had to get a photo. I thought the outline of the thing was so epic, so I tried to focus on that in post.

Drama in Thailand

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• Date Taken2014-07-28 00:13:32
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/125
• Aperture7.1
• ISO160
• Focal Length10.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

My friend Chris Craker has an amazing music studio a bit south of Pattaya in Thailand in a little beach town called Bang Saray. I stayed here for about a week and it was cool to watch so many music artists at work together. I don’t really hang out around musicians… I’m kind of a loner artist on my own, so it was super interesting to watch how they all worked and collaborated together.

In Studio in Bang Saray

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• Date Taken2014-07-28 19:50:45
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1.6
• Aperture7.1
• ISO200
• Focal Length11.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

One day while at Phulay Bay, I jumped onto a boat to take a tour of the archipelago. A few of the islands had these little caves where people would have little shops and sell things. You can see one of them tucked away there back underneath the limestone awning.

Island-Hopping in Thailand

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• Date Taken2015-12-29 11:35:37
• CameraDSC-RX100M4
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/2500
• Aperture3.2
• ISO800
• Focal Length14.3 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Here is a recent processing of a single RAW file I took over Krabi. I never get tired of looking at these pleasant archipelagos out there drifting across the ocean. I’ve thought about spending more time in Thailand, actually… one thing is for sure… you are always guaranteed a good sunset!

Floating over Krabi

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• Date Taken2018-06-28 19:39:08
• CameraFC220
• Camera MakeDJI
• Exposure Time1/800
• Aperture2.2
• ISO100
• Focal Length4.7 mm
• FlashNo flash function
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias-1.34

Thailand is surrounded by islands with some of the most epic shapes. It’s really fun just to hang out in front of the boat with your camera, and do a bit of target practice. I probably took over 100 photos up there, and this one was one of my favorites. Even though the water was that perfect Thai-blue, I decided to reduce it to black and white to keep it about the shapes rather than the color.

The Missing Link

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• Date Taken2018-03-21 20:58:21
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/3200
• Aperture4.5
• ISO200
• Focal Length105.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I only had one night in Bangkok, but it wasn’t nearly as exciting as that song would indicate. I was pretty exhausted, but I did find this cool rooftop restaurant to have a great dinner with amazing views. Right after this, a huge thunderstorm started, and I was out without an umbrella. It was at least a 15-minute walk back to my place (I stayed at the St. Regis – super nice!), and I could not decide if I wanted to get soaked or wait it out. Eventually, the universe delivered me a perfect umbrella that already had the St. Regis logo on it! I was like… hey, that’s kinda weird. But I took it as a sign… a sign to use an umbrella.

Over Bangkok

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• Date Taken2018-06-27 00:11:35
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/15
• Aperture2.8
• ISO1000
• Focal Length22.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias