Fortune teller along Sisowath Quay. There’s a small stretch along the waterfront where fortune tellers huddle around candles and dim fluorescent lamps, reading cards and palms for a small fee. Very low light, iso 3200. Managed to salvage what looked like a terrible shot into something a little more interesting. Still too much noise though.
Archive for April, 2008
the fortune teller
Posted in Cambodia, black-and-white, phnom penh, photography, tagged black-and-white, Cambodia, greyscale, monochrome, phnom penh, photography on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
fire season in phnom penh
Posted in Cambodia, phnom penh, photography, tagged Cambodia, fire, phnom penh on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spotted this while taking a tuk-tuk to the bus depot on the morning of April 12. The smoking building is the Nagaworld Hotel & Casino, one of Cambodia’s largest hotels. About 100 tourists were evacuated but no one was hurt. According to the Phnom Penh Post there have been seven major fires in the city [...]
street scene
Posted in Cambodia, phnom penh, photography, street scenes, tagged Cambodia, phnom penh, photography, travel on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Independence Monument at night. Thanks traffic cop for not moving for 3 seconds.
menu ridiculousness at the phnom pech hotel, pursat province
Posted in Cambodia, food, tagged Cambodia, food, ridiculousness, travel, weird food on April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ll try #39.
experiments in grayscale
Posted in Cambodia, black-and-white, photography, tagged black-and-white, Cambodia, greyscale, monochrome, photography, portraits on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve only recently been tinkering with photoshop to see what happens when I convert photos into grayscale. I think I like the results. Getting the contrast and lighting effects to work was a bit of a challenge, but I’m getting the hang of it. Cambodia is definitely not a monochromatic place, but some of these [...]
commute
Posted in Cambodia, phnom penh, tagged Cambodia, chaos, phnom penh, travel on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a typical afternoon in Phnom Penh…
sihanoukville, again
Posted in Cambodia, photography, travel, tagged Cambodia, photography, sihanoukville, travel on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The ride
The trip didn’t start as planned. Jessica, Elena and I booked bus tickets from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville through a travel agent and arrived at the bus just before the scheduled departure at 7:30. Comfortable seats, A/C, not too crowded. Things were looking good. According to my ticket I had seat #1, next to [...]
chaul chnam thmey
Posted in Cambodia, tagged Cambodia, games, khmer new year on April 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Khmer New Year is by far the biggest holiday in Cambodia. Cambodians celebrate by playing all sorts of games that they only play this time of year. Last Friday everyone at work bailed out of the office around 2pm and congregated in the patio area for some traditional fun. A brief recap of events:
Bos Angkunh
Objective: [...]
khmer new year
Posted in Cambodia, tagged Cambodia on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Heading down to the coast for a long weekend to escape the heat. Sunday-Tuesday is Khmer New Year, and it’s a good time to travel since most of Phnom Penh empties to the provinces to spend time with their families. This time of year is scattered with all sorts of holidays (New Year, King’s birthday, [...]
refuel
Posted in Cambodia, phnom penh, tagged Cambodia, phnom penh, photography, travel on April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Petrol station, Cambodian-style. Street vendors offer motorists fuel from soda bottles for around 3,700 riels/liter compared to about 4,300 for gas from a station. Buy at your own risk, as the fuel is often of suspect quality. However, this service is invaluable in more remote parts of the country as standard gas stations are few [...]
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