Raffles Grand Hotel D’Angkor

Perhaps the “Grand Dame” of old-world luxury accommodation in Siem Reap, the Raffles Grand Hotel D’Angkor epitomizes the quality of travellers in the early days of the 20th century. Built only a few years after Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, it has afforded guests comfort and ease that was thought of as implausible at…

Summer Beauty

Summer has always been a time I look forward to. The light is remarkably different. The golden hours even more enhanced by the summer sun. Photographers like me, or at least those who have deep appreciation for natural light photography,  find the process inspiring, as well as, engaging. So one afternoon, I trooped to a…

Maternity Portrait I Sarah BA

I remember that rainy Sunday in December. We were scheduled to have the shoot at 4:00PM, the start of the Golden Hour but as the gloomy morning progressed to a pouring afternoon, I only prayed the overcast weather would do the portraits justice. Alas, not even that was possible as traffic was at standstill and…

The Missing Link

“It’s not the sword, it’s the swordsman.” I must have read/heard this phrase gazillion times over a period of three years, just about the time I was getting into the hobby of photography. It confused me, to say the least. If it’s the swordsman, how come professionals can only be seen with  top of the…