Gavin Gough: Travel Photographer

Is Etch-a-Sketch the future of Photography?

Sure, it's a little more time-consuming but the gear is light, inexpensive and doesn't suffer from noise in low light. Young Mike LaPalme, who has far more talent than is reasonable for one man, has created a series of etch-a-sketch images, including this one of yours truly taken at the Tattoo ...

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Free Aung San Suu Kyi

"Today, Friday 19 June, is Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday. Just over a month ago she was charged with breaching the terms of her house arrest. She is now detained in Burma's notorious Insein Prison - and one of more than 2,100 political prisoners in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi's ...

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AWOL

Bet you thought I'd run away. Or perhaps that I was trapped beneath a heavy bookcase and unable to reach my keyboard. Or, worse still, that I just didn't care about you any more. The truth is that I've been a tad busy and unable to find the time to ...

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Free Desktop Wallpaper for June, SuperDuper & Photoshelter

The free desktop wallpaper for June comes to you a little late this month but, as you already know, everything comes to those who wait. Patience is a virtue and you, my friend, have shown how virtuous you can be this month. I've been given the opportunity to test my Disaster ...

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Home again, home again…

Just about to set off for the return trip to Bangkok after a busy but really enjoyable two weeks back in the Old Country. It's been great to catch up with friends and family and those familiar faces and places offer a sense of stability and security in my changeable ...

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Worldwide Photo Walk 2009: Bangkok

--UPDATE-- When I said that the Bangkok Photo Walk would be one of the quickest to fill up, I didn't realise just how popular it would be. I posted the link before I went to bed last night, work up this morning and all fifty places have been taken. Sorry if ...

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Canon Professional Network: Review of 24-70mm f/2.8 L lens

I'm currently in the UK, my first opportunity to catch up with family and friends for almost a year. It's great to see familiar faces and I'm enjoying the opportunity to reflect on my first year living as an expat in Bangkok. It's been a productive year, a largely successful ...

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Nepal: Beside the Bagmati

Many visitors to Nepal take the opportunity to see Pashupatinath. A stone's throw from Kathmandu, Pashupatinath is home of one of the country's most important Shiva temples. More often known in Nepal as Bhairab, Shiva is the destroyer and also the creator. The temple stands on the banks of the ...

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Nepal: Around Boudha Stupa

Bonhnath, or Boudha, is the site of one of the world's largest Buddhist stupas. The local Tibetan community refer to it as Boudha, Tibet, such are the numbers of Tibetan exiles living in the area, yet it is only a few miles from central Kathmandu. Adherents circumamulate the stupa from ...

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Free Desktop Wallpaper – May 2009: Boudha, Nepal

So, I'm walking along the road, minding my own business - which makes a change - and my foot kicks something lying on the pavement. I catch sight of a metal object skittering along the ground in front of me. Brass perhaps. Dented and scuffed, it comes to rest in ...

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