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I haven't tried it yet, but was very surprised at the variety and prices at the food court. There are a lot of other food options in the place.

A major bonus for this section of Sukhumvit, which had always had a lack of decent eats compared with other parts of the city.

Flew out this morning. The quietest I've seen in a few years.

Was expecting the opposite.

Thanks, I'm already selling through Getty.

OK, you two have convinced me.

I don't even have 1% of my portfolio stuff on FB, I am in the middle of going through literally 100,000+ pix to redo my site in 2012. So, I can tack this onto that task.

Thanks.

Yeah, I don't work here, just live.

Since I get 75% of my jobs through word of mouth, just one person saying something positive spreads out to all their friends on their FB wall.

I run FB ads in selected markets as well, which is a extremely cheap way to get more eyeballs and potential clients. At this point any profit I get directly through FB gigs I will plow 100% back into advertising in new markets.

I've been looking at it a bit as well. The page layouts are great, and the chance to do really large res photos looks nice. It seems to be a place where artists check out each others work.

At this point I really don't care what other photographers think, I'm looking for clients. My Flickr photostream has had 185,000 views and 100s of comments, but hasn't led to any work.

My Facebook biz page, which I only got serious about a few weeks ago is approaching 500 likes and has a generated a bunch of real job inquiries. It's also a great place to post client pix and have them commented on by others, so it can reinforce your business as well.

I don't think my clients are on Google+. (Yet.) That said, I think it is useful to at least get registered and put up something simple that points to my website and FB page. I just don't want to spend much time on it.

I'm over it.

But it's same same like fried rice and cheeseburgers.

Also consider using a long prime.

I have the Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS white monster lens, but I find it a bit much for day to day shooting. For street stuff and most gigs, I now use the 135/f2, which is an amazing lens. It's tiny compared to the 70-200 and less than half the weight. Plus the f2 really does a nice job of blowing out the background.

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Empanadas and pupusas are completely different things.

And yes, you definitely need the sides for the pupusas.

Can't imagine there is a Salvadorean restaurant here.

Not that hard to make if you have masa. I think you can get it in BKK.

I seriously doubt you will find the correct housing in Borneo. Hope I'm wrong.

What you will probably find is a seriously overpriced underwater point & shoot.

A friend of mine has been researching this lately and reckons the Nikon AW100 is the way to go if you don't want to spend too much, but want decent quality.

The bags mostly look scary unless you go for a Ewa Marine, but they are more than the AW100.

I am using a Lumix GF1 in a 10Bar housing, but that's a lot more.

Try Ponstan.

I looked around in Thailand and couldn't find anything worth spending money on, so I bit the bullet and got a Feathercraft Wisper XP folding kayak. Goes into a knapsack which can be checked as baggage on a plane or bus.

Used it this year to

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Koknia,

Respect to you, you are obviously dedicated.

I just want one to stop getting fat, keep me out of the ale house and give me something to do when I have no lead in my pencil.

Think we have different needs on this front

That's actually how I started, it just kind of got away on me! I paddled those little sit on tops for years around beaches in the Andaman. They are great for getting a workout since they are not exactly streamlined.

Great info on the Emirates flight, thanks. I have been using Air Asia a lot but am getting tired of it.

Do you book online?

Thanks for checking them out. I was actually heading for Malaysia but got a nasty fever half way and had to pull up lame at Krabi. (Misdiagnosed there as hemorrhagic dengue.) My paddling buddy ended up making the Malaysian border. (670 kms total) This year we are off to paddle Palawan for six weeks. I can't stress how much freedom a folding kayak affords. Well worth the extra $$$. If you can't afford a Feathercraft, Folbot makes some nice ones at around half the price.

I just got a decent hard shell 'yak to leave in Ranong as well. My friend got a deal on a couple from a manufacturer going out of biz.

I looked around in Thailand and couldn't find anything worth spending money on, so I bit the bullet and got a Feathercraft Wisper XP folding kayak. Goes into a knapsack which can be checked as baggage on a plane or bus.

Used it this year to

Also use it for

I split my time between HK and BKK. Not so many ideas on tourist stuff but a couple of points.

The Peak is really nice early in the morning, before the busloads of mainland tourists descend, following around their flag waving guides. It's still a great view in the evening as well,but the tram is crowded and there can be a wait.

Easy and cheap to get to anywhere in HK on transit. Octopus is worth it if you plan to move around. Trams are great at HK$2/ride. (8 baht)

There are hundreds of clubs, it just depends what you are into.

Must be a horrible experience, but I have a tough time seeing this as anything other than natural selection.

I lived there for 6 years a long time ago. A lot of the costs have obviously increased, but it's still an OK deal these days.

The main thing for me is the food in PP. I can eat pretty much anything, but Cambodian food isn't very interesting, especially after being there for a while. Plus the street food is nowhere nearly as tasty and hygienic as Thailand. So when eating out, I would usually go for other types of Asian eats, or even western. This pushes food costs up quite a bit if you don't want to cook all your meals.

Booze is still cheap though.

"Parlaow" looks to be a bad transliteration of พะโล้, usually just spelled "palo". Kind of a Chinese influenced stewed dish.

In the 90s I would go over to a street on the west side of the Chao Phraya for goose prepared like this. (ห่านพะโล้ - "haan palo") The restaurant had been in the same family for over 80 years and they said they hadn't changed the recipe at all.

As Rich mentions above, ideally you need a wide and a long lens for landscapes. One of the most famous landscape photographers of the past generation, Galen Rowell, said he could have done the vast majority of his work with just two lenses - 24mm and 85mm.

That said, wide angle shots are probably more popular and easy to achieve. You might want to invest in a decent lightweight tripod so you can stop down and shoot at small apertures to maximize your depth of field. (Try to get near, mid range and far elements in your frame.)

I am using the 17-40mm on a Canon 5DMK2. I don't do a lot of landscape stuff these days, but here are a couple of samples @ 17mm. Here, here and here.

I have also used a 35mm for landscape stuff. Only works in certain situations, but can be effective as well. Here and here.

And one with the 85mm.

Great photos! I also checked your photos in Flickr, great stuff!

One comment from you in Flickr:

"Doug. Sorry, no EXIF, I still shoot film!

I can tell you this was taken with a 24mm lens, on 100VS slide film using a 2-stop ND grad on the sky. Something like 8 secs @ f16."

Do you still shoot film ?

:jap:

Thanks.

No, I haven't shot film in years. (That comment was from 2005.)

I am looking at getting back into film though. Hope to get a lightweight 4x5 next year.

As Rich mentions above, ideally you need a wide and a long lens for landscapes. One of the most famous landscape photographers of the past generation, Galen Rowell, said he could have done the vast majority of his work with just two lenses - 24mm and 85mm.

That said, wide angle shots are probably more popular and easy to achieve. You might want to invest in a decent lightweight tripod so you can stop down and shoot at small apertures to maximize your depth of field. (Try to get near, mid range and far elements in your frame.)

I am using the 17-40mm on a Canon 5DMK2. I don't do a lot of landscape stuff these days, but here are a couple of samples @ 17mm. Here, here and here.

I have also used a 35mm for landscape stuff. Only works in certain situations, but can be effective as well. Here and here.

And one with the 85mm.

IQ Lab will develop your film. I suggest getting a contact sheet at the same time.

If you are in the north end Pro Color Lab does an excellent job as well. They also stock a decent selection of 120 film. They did my processing for my last big project with medium format. (Sample. Sample.)

You should be able to get film easily, as long as you aren't too fussy about the flavour. Try Foto File at MBK or Photohobby. (191 Silom Complex, Room 335, 3rd Floor, Silom Road)

I always liked Kodak 400VC for Holga, but not sure you can get that here. (Sample. Sample.)