Hoi An, Vietnam
I woke up early today to visit the Hoi An morning market. It was my first look at the city and I was enthralled. I got goosebumps and was gobsmacked by all the yellow walls with blue shutters, ladies with conical hats sitting selling their vegetables or fish. It was the Discovery Channel Vietnam! All was bliss [...]
Confessions of a Seasoned Traveller
A few iPhone shots along the way to our hotel. The only part of Vietnam we have seen yet. It could have gone worse, but I am not sure how. The day started with forgetting my iPhone at my house and having to have the taxi turn back around. This put us a little behind [...]
Vietnam
It is going to be quiet around here this week. I am taking Alou and Jessie and hopping over to Vietnam for a week of R & R. We are going to spend a few days at the colorful city of Hoi An on the coast, then fly up to Hanoi for two nights then [...]
Merry Christmas 2010!
From our family to yours. We hope you have a very merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year.
An Image Critique Primer
There’s been a lot of talk lately about growth. One of the components of developing as a photographer is seeing the areas where we are lacking in growth. We are often blind to these areas and it takes someone else to point them out for us. This can be achieved by quality image critiques. But how do you know you’re [...]
Stop Whining and Grow!
Pilot p-500 by © Matthew Wright1 Back in the late 1970′s, I was a student at Murray State University in Kentucky. My major was Broadcasting and I also double minored in Photography and Journalism. Five years earlier I had been diagnosed with severe dyslexia. Up until that point, I had gone through most of my life hearing teachers say [...]
Good to Great
There are people in this world that spend their entire life trying to get better at something they’re plainly mediocre at or even things they’re bad at doing. In fact, society has built institutions around the concept of “be better at what you are bad at; work on your weaknesses”. Haven’t we have all heard [...]
When Culture Collides With Your Camera
I received this email yesterday from Victoria, a student in my Introduction to Photography class held here in Penang. I thought I should share it with you as a great reminder how traveling photographers need to be aware of the culture around them and always try to be sensitive to the local norms and traditions. [...]
Depth of Field: Brian Storm
Brian Storm is one of the movers and shakers in both the fields of photojournalism and multimedia production. With my interest in combining still images with audio and video, it was a no-brainer that I had to interview this man. MediaStorm is Brian’s web-based, award-winning multimedia production house and agency that works with the world’s [...]
It’s Raining But, Here Comes the Sun…
It’s been done by everyone. Everyone but me, that is. Well, now everyone includes me. People say you never stop learning but no-one ever tells you what order you learn in. Sometime old tricks can be new to old dogs like me. I am not a strobist, in fact my use of a flash until [...]
Penang Introduction to Photography
I just finished my first ever Introduction to Photography course here in Penang this morning. I had eight students with varied experience, all gather at my house around my dining table for a look into how to get the best out of their cameras. I must say, three hours seemed more like three minutes. But [...]
Iphone App Review: Packing Pro
One of the worst parts of travel is packing. The only thing worse might be the unpacking (I am not very good at putting things away). For some of you packing is no big deal. You are very organized people. Bless you, I wish I was that way, but I am not. If truth be [...]
Wallpaper: December 2010
Dec Wallpaper Dec #2 2010 I have a special gift for you. Not one, but two wallpapers for this month. I did not get around to posting a wallpaper last month and so I want to make it up to you. I hope you enjoy them and that they make your desktop festive this holiday [...]
I shoot for mostly NGOs and nonprofits. I photograph images of the unknown, the forgotten and the helpless. These are often the stories that most people overlook. 
