Seaview, Phuket

Nikon D3s f/4 1/800s ISO 200 c. May 2012

The soul yearns to lean on the stilt of the wooden outpost with a lighted cigarette on one hand in a time where there is no time but the mind yearns to lie on a quilted bed with a lighted cigarette watching television.

Ao Bang Thao beach, Phuket

Nikon D3s f/18 1/800s ISO 200 c. May 2012

Phuket

Nikon D3s f/22 1/16s ISO 200 c. May 2012

Flower, Phuket

Nikon D3s f/4 1/40s ISO 400 c. May 2012

Kim in the ball, Phuket

Nikon D3s f/13 1/40s ISO 200 c. May 2012

Hut by the sea, Ao Bang Thao, Phuket

Nikon D3s f/8 1/40s ISO 200 c. May 2012

It was not intentional as the scene was translated by the camera through fogged lens. Currently I am preoccupied with heavily-shaded monotone.

Two Villas Oxygen, Phuket

Nikon D300 f/8 ISO 400 c. May 2012

Boats in the rain, Phuket

Nikon D300 ISO 200 f/7.1 c. May 2012

Rainclouds in Phuket were indecisive or perhaps, miserly with their rain. It would rain for five minutes, without as much as a warning and then stop. A little while later, it would rain again, for another five minutes. When it rained, I ran into the car and when it stopped I went out again and this process was repeated a few times. But I prefer this off-season, without too much of tourists. Tourists often get in the way of the scene with their excited yelpings, big hats and little point-and-shoot cameras.

Bang Tho beach, Phuket

Nikon D300 f/7.1 ISO 400 c. May 2012

I am drawn towards shadows and silhouttes, where mankind is just depicted as silent and motionless forms although they are still necessary as props to complete the scene. Many years ago, I used to bowl without the necessary education to do it. I just bowled and I made good scores. While playing, one of the trainers spotted me and thought that I had the potential. So, he came about and willingly gave me the necessary education to bowl. After that, my bowling never recovered to its past scores. I think it is the same with photography. I have read too much on the techniques that I forgot the satisfaction that should come from it. This trip is about that, relinquishing what I have learned but to capture scenes to my own satisfaction, without needing to refer to experts' advice. I have my satisfaction back and not only that, I have regained my communication with the scene before me. It is not about pressing the trigger that is important, but it is about feeling through it that is fundamental. 

Fishing boats, Bang Thao beach, Phuket

Nikon D300 f/7.1 ISO 200 c. May 2012

As I captured the scene, I remembered about my friend, Fairus who had shot a scene with a boat, a coconut tree and the sea. I had teased him about it, telling him that it was in everyone's psyche to shoot a boat and a coconut tree by the sea. I like boats as it is in my psyche. With that in mind, I carefully avoided the coconut tree just so Fairus would not tease me about it.