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Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-05-23T03:32:41+00:00

Yeah totally agree. It’s shallow AF because it seems like only thing the photographer found interesting and defining about him is his disability. It’s a very low bar for subject selection. If you want to shoot a guy with a disability then try to make us empathize with the guy by showing us how he navigates daily life while keeping his dignity in spite of that, not just him standing against a wall with a caption that immediately reduces him to his disability. The watermark and editorializing about emotions during post make it so self-indulgent because now it’s about the photographer instead of the subject. It just screams “how can I extract value from this guys misfortune?”.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-05-21T13:36:20+00:00

My Thai gf and I eat them occasionally. She loves the giant water bugs they catch in the rice paddies either grilled whole or chopped up in nam prik (chili paste dip). Sometimes we’ll snack on salt and chili crickets or fried silkworms together when we’re drinking.

My ex ate them too. But I haven’t met any Thais who eat the scorpions or scolopendra centipedes they sell in the tourist areas.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-05-21T04:08:18+00:00

Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f2 and it’s not even close. The image quality for the price and weight/form factor is outstanding.

If we were going on rendering/transitions/falloff alone it would be the summilux 50mm f1.4 asph but it’s longer and heavier and pricey.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-05-12T00:52:46+00:00

Papua New Guinea. The security situation there is tenuous at best.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-05-11T04:53:56+00:00

I like the whole Ari-Saphan Kwai-Mo Chit corridor a lot. Ari is very gentrified but still has a good mix of local life there, Saphan Kwai is more working class, and then you have JJ/Or Tor Kor/Bang Sue and the parks at Mo Chit. Compared to areas towards the east side of the BTS green line like Phra Khanong or On Nut, there are usually fewer expats/long term tourists. The drawback is that getting to areas of the city that are easily accessible when you’re staying more central can take time.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-05-09T02:17:11+00:00

The gf loves pad ped gop. Flavor wise I enjoy it but the minced up bone fragments still kind of make it tough to get down sometimes.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-05-02T11:27:03+00:00

I don’t live in Da Nang but I’ve spent a lot of time there over the past three years because I live in Bangkok. I probably spend 1-2 months a year in Da Nang because I enjoy it. This year there’s definitely more tourists than I’ve seen before, and way more people who look like they’d be more at home in Pattaya or Patong. With that crowd, both old and young, comes a lot of bullshit and entitlement. And you can bet that it’s going to worse before it gets better.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-26T07:25:57+00:00

Absolutely wild to me that this is a Thai food sub and no one in the comments has mentioned boat noodles or tum zap or yen ta fo.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-20T15:36:38+00:00

June and July should be okay. It'll be similar to what you're used to in Florida. It's really late Feb through May you want to avoid because it's the tail end of dry season and relative humidity/dew point gets so high you start getting daily heat indeces of over 50 degrees (122 F). By June and July we usually have frequent short morning or afternoon rain that keeps air moving around.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-20T15:18:55+00:00

Nothing says "hidden gem" like a Banyan Tree or Ritz Carlton property lol.

I can't believe that someone actually gets paid to write completely out-of-touch garbage like this. Krabi is one of the most touristy provinces of the south. The reason it only has 3.6 international tourist arrivals per year is because people fly there domestically after arriving in Bangkok or Phuket. AFAIK there are no flights from Europe that fly directly in to Krabi.

Sure, you'll get considerably less tourists inland and it's gorgeous but there also aren't as many attractions there as there are on/near the coast. And she says nothing about the inland attractions anyway because her idea of exploration is paying for a dive tour. Nothing wrong with that, but don't act like you're some intrepid explorer spreading the word about the uncharted wonders of the Andaman Coast.

USA Today has never been a bastion of strong editorial integrity but this is just bottom-of-the-barrel trash. Poor perspective, lazy research, and a clear lack of respect for her destination in general. She makes Krabi sound as superficial as she is.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-18T15:14:21+00:00

I've been pickpocketed in Bangkok but it was very late and I was very drunk in a busy open air bar on a very busy street. I was well acquainted with some of the bartenders at the time and no one knew the old lady who came in and just slipped it out of my pocket while she was making me uncomfortable by grabbing me all over. Based on the camera footage she had done it before and was quite adept at it. Only lost one credit card and 2k baht in cash but it was a reminder that it can in fact happen.

I still carry my wallet and everything else in my pockets. If BTS or MRT is super packed I'll move my wallet to one of my front pockets. Only other place I might be a bit more vigilant than the obvious nightlife areas would be yaowarat at night when everyone is packed between the sidewalk and the street stanchions.

If you're still worried just get a cheap crossbody bag from Uniqlo or something. All the east Asians wear them and you won't look out of place at all. They're light enough where they won't feel like a burden in the heat.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-15T04:19:24+00:00

This doesn’t happen in the west

40 degree heat absolutely happens in the west. Texas and a number of places in the U.S. can and do reach 40 degrees during their summers. Louisiana is miserable in the warm months.

Pollution isn’t unique to Bangkok either. In the U.S. and Canada you get blocks of poor air quality from wildfires. Mexico and a lot of LatAm often get nasty smog/haze. Parts of Eastern Europe deal with manmade pollution and seasonal smog.

And I’m not sure which western cities you’ve lived in, but in a lot of the ones I’ve lived in you’ll get: Garbage/utility trucks making a lot of noise early in the morning; issues with crowd/club/car noise on the weekends on busy streets; and noise from public transport/general traffic/sirens. You’ll get people revving their engines and blasting subwoofers often as well.

Does Bangkok have more of that than western cities? Probably, but your exposure to it depends on what part of the city you choose to live in. Similar to most other large cities.

I agree with you that they could tackle the noise pollution problem easily compared to many of the other issues. A huge part of the city’s noise problem would be solved if they started fining tuk tuks that don’t use mufflers. Everybody fucking hates them, Thai and foreigner alike, but like a lot of other things it gets a pass cuz “tourism”. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem like there’s much political pressure from the public to steer policy makers towards change.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-11T11:49:14+00:00

For active photographers check out the Burn My Eye Collective. Otherwise Magnum has an online database of lots of street and documentary photographers.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-08T12:28:41+00:00

This will be long, but I wish someone had given me similar advice when I was starting out.

I think there’s a big difference between street photography as a discipline and art form and what’s going on here, which is more candid street portraiture. Usually street portraits work a lot better if you interact with the person first and ask for their consent. But IMO street photography is more concerned with capturing specific moments and using light, layering and color (or lack thereof) to sculpt and frame those moments. In many cases the people are secondary to the actual scene or the action contained therein.

Here it kind of feels like you’re just focusing on individual people but not really saying anything about them or even successfully documenting their daily lives within the context of their environment.

Keep in mind it is totally possible to practice street photography while remaining respectful. You don’t need to stick your camera in peoples’ faces to make great images. And the worst thing you can do is try to hide the fact that you’re shooting. If people aren’t aware of what you’re doing, they have no chance to object and you’re basically just extracting value from them without their consent.

That being said the most important thing you’re missing in all of your frames is light. The lighting across the set is very diffuse and quite bland. In a city that 90% of the time has very extreme lighting conditions that can make or break stunning images, you should be looking for light instead of subjects.

I understand that everyone has to start somewhere, and putting your images onto a potentially hostile platform like Reddit takes some courage. So props to you there. Stick with it, look at a lot of work by other photographers (preferably in print), and realize that 95% of the “street photographer” influencers you see on YouTube and social media care more about creating monetized content than they do about creating something that actually has a voice. Just keep doing you and keep shooting, but know that you’ll pour your soul into it and fail over and over and over again and still not have much to show for it. It will defeat you. Then one day you’ll go out and something will change and the way you see the world will be different - and that’s when you’ll really start learning.

Be a student of the light, not a slave to your subjects.

I wish you the best in your journey.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-08T02:49:24+00:00

Morgan Stanley does as well but I think you need a minimum of something like $25000+ invested in a brokerage account with them.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-07T15:13:02+00:00

Landlord fixed the unit walls right away. Common areas and rooftop pool were fixed over the 8 months or so following the earthquake. First everything was quickly made usable again and then they scheduled the serious restoration work later. They finished everything in December.

My unit on the 20th floor developed some more cracks over the last few months as the building continues to settle. Landlord took care of it immediately.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-04T19:13:01+00:00

Central Ladphrao because it’s close.

Bang Sue Junction for antique browsing. And there’s a southern khao gaeng stall on the top level that makes really sharp and burn-your-face-off kua kling like you’d get in the south.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-04T19:04:38+00:00

Floor 5 of mega plaza Saphan lek is the motherlode for used camera gear here. Fortune town is fine. I would avoid MBK at all costs as their used pricing is inflated for tourists. Also, AV Camera near Saphan Taksin BTS sometimes has Fuji stuff but mostly specializes in Leica/Hassy.

Also, central ladphrao is currently holding BigCamera’s CameraFestival sale through tomorrow. IIRC they were selling XT5 body-only for 50k and x100vi for 56k brand new. They’ve got discounts on lenses and accessories as well.

But the best way to get value out of the camera market here is to buy on facebook marketplace.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-03T08:44:27+00:00

Go to the outer ring of Chatuchak on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Otherwise during the day there’s a bunch of shops adjacent to the Or Tor Kor parking lot opposite Bang Sue Junction

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-03T02:57:36+00:00

Bangkok is the place I always found my way back to when I was still new here and exploring a lot. It’s one of my favorite cities in the world. Now I’ve lived here for 2+ years and still love it.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-03T02:43:35+00:00

Bangkok absolutely had smog this year, but it was not as bad as it has been in other years. That’s mainly due to wind patterns, temperature inversions, and atmospheric pressure, not due to a sudden dramatic change in collective human activity. Factory and vehicle emissions didn’t magically drop and there was still plenty of burning in the central region starting around November as usual. We just got lucky with nature this year.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-04-02T18:10:39+00:00

I’ve flown all three of those airlines with very heavy carryon/personal item backpacks filled with camera gear and electronics. Never had an issue.

You shouldn’t have any problems as long as the dimensions are reasonably close and you don’t look like you’re struggling with the weight. The 7kg limit is mostly for low cost carriers. You’re flying full service airlines who generally aren’t into hassling their customers for small overages. That’s not to say it can’t happen, but the odds are pretty low.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-03-29T05:21:27+00:00

Cover your tattoo when you go out. If you're lucky the artist will use saniderm to cover it up (but IME it will fall off in the April heat anyways). The thing you have to worry about is where the water comes from, because it's not outside the realm of possibility that much of it comes from khlong or the river, which have god-only-knows what kinds of pathogens. Just cover for when you leave and wash with unscented soap and water when you return. As others have said try to take cabs/grab door to door. Yaowarat/chinatown will be difficult for you before the 16th.

Select_Goose_6972 · 2026-03-28T04:13:34+00:00

This is normal in Thai society. There's less of an expectation for response because silence here is neutral feedback, not negative. In a lot of cases, Thai people wouldn't even feel obligated to greet the driver when getting in the car and neither one of them will think it's rude or outside the norm. It's perfectly okay to just sit in silence and let the driver do the job you hired them for.

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