Watercolor

Watercolor was my call in my youth, but then I choose over academic study because I am not too confident about my own craft. As many arts, watercolor require someone to be on very top to be recognizable, I still think I was pretty good, in fact very good, but I don't think I can be the top of it, years and years later, never regret a bit.  Not that reconizable is that important, but in fine art, you need to be recognizable to support even a regular life.
Watercolor is about water and color, where the name comes from. With a digital camera on hand, today, it is not as difficult, time consuming or inconvenience (many people will debate into this, but often I think the inconvenience of creating art is eactly why it is so attractive being part of it) - not to mention today with a dcent stylus and software, you can literally paint on the screen as it is on paper, and it can be quite close, and in some case, extremely close - by a really good "artist", with selection of paper texture and so on.... OK, but here we talk about the camera.
This image, took by using a compact Canon G9, at Pai, a small hide-away town in northern Thailand, the small river stream runing thru rocks, refection of the blue sky, an easy snap.

Morning Sun

Actually a rather common image in a rather common morning. A close up shot on a lotus leaf - one of my most photographed object.
The early morning dew on the lotus leaf reflects the rising sun and shining like perals. Common, but what a picture.
Shot in northern Thailand, Chiangmai.

Body Talks

You can't act sexy, you just need to be yourself!  This is what I usually told my models.  Sexy comes nature, and each woman has her own sexiness, can't pretend, but of course, many women do try to act sexy, which is why often on press, books and on the screens, we can tell who is sexy and who is not, and usually, not by the way the act, not by the way they tried to express, and certainly not by the amount of their dress, and if they tried or not.
It is the body talk, a concerted efforts from all body parts, how the eye opens, lips, body shape, how the head turns, how the body twists, leg crosses, and where the hand puts....

Skin & Lingerie

Shot with a mighty Hasselblad H3D39 digital camera, with HC 100/2.2, perhaps one of the best portrait lens in works today, but this post is not about the camera and lens, it is about the lingerie and the skin of the model.
Lingerie shot, yes, it is about the lingerie itselt, but the focus is always on the skin, its proportion and relationship to the lingerie. It is about the skin that makes the lingerie attractive and sexy.

Woman, Water and Color

The most interesting subject I like to shoot, to me, woman and water are belonged to each other.  Shot again in Changburi Resort & Spa, Ko Chang, Thailand, using Phase One P45 on Contax 645 for this image of a lovely Polish model, Gabiela.
Color photography is a tricky undertaking.  In this image, I see it a very simple color combination, storng, vibrant, bold, and the skin is a nice contract between the colors.  Yes, this is an image somewhat towards nudity, but perhaps the use of strong color took away the attention to the point of expoure, rather, seeing a full presentation of color combination.

Photographer's Eye

Yes, I do shoot man.
In this picture, a recent portrait of the famous Steve McCurry, the legendary National Geography Master.  Shot recently in northern Thailand where we visited a small cottage craft place, thanks to kind arrangement of Mr. Suchet Suwanmongkol, the proud owner of Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiangmai, one of the best hide-away resort in the world (highly recommended), and Mr. Suwanmongkol himself an established photographer.
Coming back to the portrait, I shot Steve with a Canon 1Ds III and a the new Macro EF 100/2.8L IS, in available light, I was able to use a slighly higher ISO - 160, and moderate speed, thanks to the new IS on the lens, to get close enough for this tight portrait.
Time, travel, and not to mention the risks of confronting to those conflicting situations, weathered the fine photographer's face, but the eyes, as sharp as ever, as young as ever.

Eye Contact

Remains to be one of the most efective way of communication, and of the most emotional ones.  This image, captured with a Canon 1Ds III for Alfa Romeo, Brera, a nice roaster by the way.  I have the lovely, attractive model pose 1/2 in the car and 1/2 outside the car, as an invitation.