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Myanmar here I come!

Banhup Teh — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:57:55 +0000

I will be in Myanmar starting April 19th till the 28th on a private photo-safari. I will be in Yangon, Mandalay, Inle then to Bagan and rounding off the trip in Yangon again before I fly home. I have always wanted to visit this country so much so that I have given this priority over my May Bali trip which I have now postponed indefinitely.

From what I have read and seen of photos taken of Myanmar, I know I am going to have a great time. I also found out that internet connections there is practically non-existent and I am thus not very hopeful that I can access to the internet at all. Therefore if you had sent me an email during the said period I'll probably won't be able to reply you until I am back in Malaysia. I however will promise you that I'll reply you at the soonest possible time whenever that may be. For that I thank you for your understanding.

There are so many beautifully taken photos of this lovely (scenery and people-wise) and it will be a personal challenge for me to better these. However, like in all my previous trips, I'll always try my level best. More importantly, it is my hope to share them with you here when I am back. Please do come back and lookout for these images.

And yes, Myanmar here I come!

Ibu of Ubud market

Banhup Teh — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:10:09 +0000

Those who have been to the Ubud market in Bali would reconize this ibu – she runs a stall selling souvenirs at one of the sidelanes there. I make it a point to visit her each time I am there. I usually just chat with her but during the last visit in Jan 2010 I bought something from her. See how happy she was after that.

Having fun

Banhup Teh — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:18:13 +0000

As part of the village tour we came to this waterfall where we met this group of children having fun. I climbed down to the riverbank, and while standing precariously (for my gears) on some rocks and shooting through some overhanging vines, I grabbed this hot. This shot reminded me of my more adventurous younger days. Boy, was it fun then!

Bali – here we come again!

Banhup Teh — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:24:20 +0000

Yes, we will be going to Bali this May 7th-11th again. I thought the last Bali photo-safari in Jan would be the last for a while but I just can't resist the draw of the Melasti festival.

To those who may not know the Melasti festival is an annual festival where the villagers purify their deities with water. This is the day when the villagers, dressed in their best, proceed in a procession towards a source of water which could be a holy spring or the sea. This year the Melasti falls on 10th of May for the village that we will be having our home-stay. The villagers will walk 14km towards the sea starting from 5am. Upon arrival at the beach the high priest prays and rings his small bells whilst the men carrying the deities rush the sacred figures into the water symbolically wahing them and thus purifying the statues.

I have planned an interesting itinerary around this festival specially for photographers.

— This event has been postponed to give way to a Myanmar photo-safari. Announcement of details soon. —

Pak Sara’s grin

Banhup Teh — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:43:01 +0000

We met Pak Sara during the shoot of Pak Gulem at Bedulu village, Bali. Pak Sara actually came to watch the shoot and I was glad that he agreed to pose for us too.

Allow me to intorduce Pak Sara who was 90 yrs old.

Shot with Nikon D3 + Nikon 24-70mm/2.8 Aperture Priority @ f/3.2 1/80s ISO 400.

Sunset fishermen of Bali

Banhup Teh — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:55:06 +0000

We were at Jimbaran fishing village on the evening of the 3rd day. The plan was to shoot the sunset and have a BBQ seafood dinner at one of the restaurants nearby. We had a blast of a time and so did the returning fishermen coming home after a bumper catch.

One of the many to share.

Dancer from Bedulu

Banhup Teh — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:25:14 +0000

This is one of the many dancers that we had an opportunity to shoot "behind the scene" at our specially arranged tour of this village. I have more to share in the days to come. To all of you celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year I wish you to have a Happy and posperous one…and plenty of great photos too!

Another of Pak Gulam

Banhup Teh — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:29:09 +0000

This time in black & white. I was going through the files and found this one with the interesting lighting. Hope you like it.

Almost hidden.

At Pura Tirta Empul at Tampaksiring

Banhup Teh — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:11:10 +0000

Being the beginning of a new moon we expected some activities at this temple that has a holy spring withing its compound. When we arrived at late morning there was already a hive of activities there. Devotees of all ages were performing their prayers and cleansing rituals.

Cleansing ritual.

Crowd.

In a row.

Framed.

Resting.

Prayers.

Curiosity.

Alone.

Prayers in good light.

At Pura Desa Mas

Banhup Teh — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:47:03 +0000

The procession soon arrived at the temple Pura Desa Mas. Along the road leading to the temple we met this group of children who were more than happy to pose for us.

You want to take our photos?

A bit shy initially.

But soon warmed up to it.

"No entry".

Huh?

Leaning on..

We finished the session very happy.

To be continued – cock fighting in Bali next.