The true beauty

Stands out just like there is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle.

Shot at the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai.

Chiang Mai, 2012

The Lanna Wedding

I was invited to witness the wedding ceremony of a good friend’s son, held in grand Lanna style at the beautiful Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai.

This shot is made when the new couple, of traditional Lanna custom, receiving a wedding blessing given by an elder, to keep away all evil and bad fortune from the bridal couple, so that they may remain pure and noble both in mind and in spirit. Let nothing untoward come between them. Let there be courage and perseverance for them to face and overcome any obstacles that may come their way.  Let there be honesty, understanding and compassion.

And my best wishes to the couple, Oom and Pipe.

Chiang Mai, 2012

Woman in Wolford

“You don’t love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.”

Bangkok, 2012

Shades of color

From wonder to wonder existence opens.

~ Laozi

Chiang Mai, 2012

In the name of love

Everything is blurred, but color and beautiful.

Chiang Mai, 2012

Hope

We must accept finite disappointments, but never lose infinite hope.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, 2012

Step by step

“Step by step!” It is how history is made, and it is how romance is developed.

This is an image took in the beautiful Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai – where all good things happened!  In the picture, Kosichi and his Chinese Modern dancer Jessie Fan walk up the stairs, and the couple is the testimony of true love.

Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012

Elephants in the mist

It was turn of the year, late winter or some may say its early spring; early morning in Chiang Mai, Thailand, a few elephants.

Chiang Mai, 2012

Nature’s great masterpiece

Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

~ John Donne

Chiang Mai, 2012

Between past and future

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

~ Carl Sagan

Shot at Fujian, at the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai, 2012

Into photograph

A photograph is usually looked at, seldom looked into.

~ Ansel Adams

Bangkok, 2012

Baby Kangaroo and Mama Kangaroo

Shot in the Grampians National Park, Australia.  

Canon 5DII with EF 70-300L IS.