Happy New Year To All
Since everyone had so much fun on our last photo outing to China Town in early December, I have decided to organize another photo outing to take place before the start of the hot season this new year in Thailand
I am pleased to announce that Mark Standen will again be joining the outing and will be available to assist and offer other people advice and ideas on shooting during the outing. The purpose of the outing is as always just a casual get together for photo enthusiasts to meet one another, to go out shooting together as a group, and to just have some fun
THE DETAILS:
The Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011.
The Meeting Time: 14:00-17:00
The Meeting Location: Wat Suthat Temple - Bamrung Muang Road - Bangkok
PHOTO OUTING THEME:The purpose is for everyone to shoot together within the same fixed location, while practicing on how to capture the finer details of a location as a travel photographer. The emphasis will be on the isolation of subjects through the lens, rather than just shooting the obvious wide angle postcard shots.
We should capture photos in a way that shows the subtle details that one would notice with their own eyes when walking through a new location as a traveler for the first time. This means shooting tightly cropped subjects and controlling depth of field by blurring out the backgrounds in order to help emphasize the details in your shots and make your photos more intimate and outstanding.
Mark Standen has photographed at this temple many times and also photographed and published a book about Wat Suthat for the temple. So he has a lot of experience and knows the temple grounds very well, which is great for all of us. Mark and I chose this temple as the location for our outing as Mark suggested it is one of the most diverse temples to photograph in Bangkok, offering many different buildings and subjects that we can shoot. Following are some of the things we will be able to shoot during our outing:
Courtyards, Gardens, Statues, Gable Details, Roof Details, Interiors, Cloisters, Buddha Images, Murals, Religious Architecture, Vernacular Architecture, The Bell Tower, Doorways, Windows, Bas-Reliefs, Shrines, The Monastery, The Ordination Hall, Monks, Tourists, Local People Making Merit & Prayers, Patterns, Candles, Garlands, and Textured Surfaces.
EQUIPMENT:There are no special camera equipment requirements, but if you have a long zoom or telephoto lens it will help you to be able to isolate your subjects better and blur out the backgrounds. You are also welcome to bring a tripod, which will help you to shoot in the darker areas which have minimal ambient light and will require slower shutter speeds.
THE FINER DETAILS:We will meet at the entrance of the temple at 2:00 pm. There is a temple entrance fee of 20 Baht for foreigners and entrance is free for Thai nationals. We will shoot for approximately 3 hours. Once the shooting is over, everyone is welcome to go to eat some local food and have a cold drink together at a restaurant I have in mind which is about 2 blocks walking distance from the temple.
POST OUTING RECAP:All participants will have an opportunity after the outing to post their best photos from the outing to a special Gallery on the Forum web site. Photos will be posted to a new Gallery section on the Forum which I will create specifically for photos taken during this photo outing to make it easy for everyone to see each others photos from the outing. Everyone can also use the Gallery system to comment on one an others photos if they like.
COST:There is no cost for the outing, but the outing is only open to members who support the Forum with a small donation. If you are not yet a supporter of this Forum, then you can click on the following link to make a small donation of any amount and join the photo outing:
http://www.photographythailand.com/donations.htmlIf you are already a Forum Supporter and/or made a donation to the Forum for the last outing, then there is no cost to you at all to join this outing.
SIGN-UP FOR THE OUTING:If would like to join the outing, then please sign-up by posting a message onto this message post to say you will be joining so that we know to expect you.
UPDATES:If there are any changes or updates between now and the date of the outing, I will add the updates to this post so that everyone can stay updated about the outing.
QUESTIONS:If you have any questions about the outing then please feel free to post them here as well.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
May 23, 2012, 03:41:51 PM
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