Every once in a while, I go back through my archives to check out some photos and spend some time editing again. Photography is an endless learning process. Every week I learn something new. A new lighting technique, a different way to edit photos, a new idea.. It just doesn’t end. There is no mastering, [...]
One of Catalonia’s most important monasteries, Santa Maria de Monserrat is a Benedictine abbey located in the mountains of Montserrat, under the shadow of the imposing monoliths. Culminating at over 1200 meters, Montserrat often attracts religious pilgrims from all over Spain who come visit the famous Black Virgin of Montserrat. It’s actually a very small [...]
While some people put on their best clothes and drink champagne for New year’s Eve, and others go have a wild party they’re probably going to forget about the next morning, we decided with a few friends to head out to the Sultanate of Oman and spend 5 days camping in various areas (mountain, beach, [...]
In the past year, I have been tagged many times to participate in blogging games, listing most popular posts, with specific categories (most popular post, most controversial post etc…). But truth is, I’ve never participated, simply because I don’t have a travel blog. I have a photography website and the categories didn’t really fit. At [...]
Hidden deep inside the Jabal Shams mountains, surrounded by rocks and barely accessible by a winding dirt road, lies the tiny village of Balad Seet in the Sultanate of Oman. A popular destination for adventure seekers, Balad Seet reveals to the visitor the secret of the Omani people’s hard working nature, culture, tradition since many [...]
Wishing you all very Merry Christmas from the warm weather of Abu Dhabi in the UAE. It’s always nice to go back home and spend some quality time with family and friends, even though I miss my adopted home in Chiang Mai. In a few days I’ll be heading out to the Sultanate of Oman [...]
In my opinion, a successful photo is one that would stop you in your tracks, make you look again and evoke an emotion or a feeling, whether it’s anger, peace, sadness, happiness, an escape to foreign lands or just a simple “what the hell?” moment. A lot of people complain that their photos are boring. [...]
Waking up at 5 in the morning is never an easy thing, especially when the only reason is to go out and shoot a festival about colorful Hot Air Balloons. However, the motivation is a little stronger when friends decide to wake up and check it out together (Thanks Dustin and Dave). The International Hot [...]
Located in the Latin Quarter in Paris, La Sorbonne is one of the most prestigious and well-known universities in France, housing several higher education and research institutions. Originally, it was founded by Robert de Sorbon as a college in 1253 for theology students without money. The pope at that time approved of the idea, and [...]
Another fiery and dramatic sunset over the city of Chiang Mai in Thailand. Enjoy!
So I guess it’s no secret that I love sunset/sunrise shots. Luckily, I also have an amazing view from my window when I’m working on my desk. Now that the rainy season is over in Chiang Mai, we are having beautiful dramatic sunsets again. I have my tripod set up in my balcony, pointing towards [...]
Inside the walls of the old city in Chiang Mai, Wat Chedi Luang is probably the second most famous temple (after Wat Phra Singh). Built in the mid-15th century and damaged after an earthquake in 1545, it used to be the home of the famous ‘Emerald Buddha’ (which is now in Bangkok). The ruin stands [...]
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In the southern area of the ‘Old City’ in Chiang Mai, near the South Gate, lies a little secret terracotta garden, hidden behind walls in a small noisy and dirty soi (alley). This garden called Ban Phor Liang Meun’s Terracotta Garden is a peculiar place, where you can roam around completely cut off from the outside world, [...]
While on my bike tour in Bangkok a few months ago, we biked through this interesting and barely-known area of the capital: A Muslim village built on the water in one of the Chao Phraya River canals. These houses were built and generously offered for free to struggling Muslim villagers from the South of Thailand [...]
Let’s be honest. There are tons of eBooks or websites on the internet teaching you how to become a better photographer in just a few hours of reading. Some even claim they’ll teach you how to take great photos, retouch them in Lightroom or Photoshop and set up your own successful business in just 3 hours [...]
I had a friend visit me 2 weeks ago in Chiang Mai from France. As he is also a photographer, we decided to just walk around and take street shots in the market by the river. We never got further than a few steps when a crazy storm just popped out of nowhere and it started [...]
After working on my website offline for about 2 weeks, testing different themes, playing around with CSS and breaking/fixing things, I have finally reached a point where I am happy with the results. Canvas of Light ~ Travel Photography has now a brand new design. I first launched my Photography Blog in October 2008 on [...]
I wish I could be in this state more often but lately, since I came back from holiday, I’m more in a stressed-busy mode. Catching up with work, writing, editing, catching up with photos, friends, and waiting for good news.. I just can’t sit still! So instead of a photo of me jumping around, here’s [...]
During a bike tour from Bangkok to Koh Samui with Beyond Boundaries Travel, we stopped at a coconut farm near Hua Hin. It was interesting to see how coconuts were harvested and cleaned before being sent to factories/markets. Basically, to pick up coconuts from trees, they either send trained monkeys to climb and do the [...]
While driving towards the Rough River lake for a weekend, I managed to get this barn from the car window against the “Simpson Sky”. My girlfriend told me I captured what can easily represent Western Kentucky: Red old barns, vast green fields of corn, soya beans or tobacco, and blue skies with white puffy clouds [...]
Last weekend I took a break away from Internet and went relaxing at the Rough River Lake in Kentucky, USA. It’s a 51,000 acre man-made reservoir after a dam was built on the Rough River for flood control. We stayed in a beautiful cabin overlooking the lake, surrounded by nature. Main attractions here are chilling, [...]
A shot taken in the Sweihan area, near Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. We very often used to go camping in the desert or by the sea during weekends when I used to live in the UAE. It was a nice way to escape the chaos of the city and have some time [...]
I know I haven’t been posting much. Jet-lag, holidays and helping for a wedding (no, not my wedding) took most of my free time so I haven’t been able to work on photos and post anything interesting. I also had a lot of other work to catch up with. I am enjoying my time in [...]
