Author Archives: Gary Hirson

Hi All.

Welcome to my photographic website. Photography is my ABSOLUTE passion and it has taken 12 years of self discovery and picture taking for me to get here. Besides being a commercial photographer I now also take travel and documentary pictures and write text to accompany the photo’s- completing the story. The site is interactive and I would be ecstatic to hear your comments - both positive and critical about the pictures, site, indeed anything you would like to comment on. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Gary

Arriving in Bangkok- 20th May 2008

Just before I left for Thailand my friend Loren, who has been living in Bangkok for the last 6 years, sent me an email saying that when I arrive at the airport there are two things that I must do. One, when I change money I must get small change and two, when taking a […]

Equipment and stories from Bangkok

I’ve been in Bangkok a week today and in that time I have done one story about the many street vendors selling food. Taking pictures of people in Thailand is verrrrry easy as they love having their picture taken. Eating on the streets is inexpensive, quick and easy. As the temperature and humidity are so […]

Change of equipment

As I was going to be taking a lot of pictures I was going to use my current equipment which was a C anon 20D, 16mm-24mm lens and a 24mm-70mm lens. (Which I’m very used to.)I was also taking my laptop along so I needed one bag to carry both my camera and my laptop. […]

On my way

Hiya
On the 19th May I’m leaving on a 6 month trip to South East Asia. This has been a dream of mine for a long time to visit Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
I fly to Bangkok and shortly after I travel overland to Laos where I will be taking a slow boat down the Mekong river.
Throughout […]