Yaum's Photo Diary

Did a test on the taped ground glass that a Thai man online told me about, the darn thing worked! You take a normal piece of 8x10 glass, the...

Well I am done with the white background photographs for now (might try again in 3 years or so). I shot 13 sessions (exhausting 4 sessions t...

I was planning on taking a box of Tri-x film back to Canada, but as usually happens the more I photograph here the more people that ask to b...

This house is being built across from my 4th story hotel room. A few days ago there was just the frame of the roof now it is nearing complet...

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For the last 2 days I had a very red left eye, that was also itchy and uncomfortable. I must have got something in the eye as it was tearing...

I have one more day of shooting on the white background flash stuff before I pack everything up again. I have not shot as much as I thought ...

In front of the hotel I am staying at where I am making my white background portraits is a small cafe bar. I walk by the place everyday and ...

I photographed 2 more ladyboy bar workers yesterday, going to do 3 more today. I want to finish here by the 1st so that I can move on and wo...

I photographed 3 ladyboys today, all were very nice, polite people as most Thais are. Thailand is a country filled with smiles and kindness,...

Fun little shot of my studio waiting for todays photo sessions. I have my breakfast in front of me, cold chicken wrapped in plastic, 2 piece...

Here are a few digi snaps of my studio set up here in Thailand. I have 4 speedotron heads on a white background 2 with softboxes for the sub...

Fell into bed last night after struggling through the loading of the 4x5 and 8x10 holders. I put my head down on the pillow at 730pm and wok...

Photographed Betty and Muryle at 3pm, went well some good photos there I think. I had the flash equipment and the a/c going full tilt withou...

The power came up today at 1pm, I rescheduled ladyboy Betty for 3pm and am waiting on her now. The room seems to be OK now, we will have to ...

Having lots of bad luck this trip, first I damaged the mount on my 28mm Leica lens now I am in the ROOM FROM HELL! The power continues to ...

Had an up and down day, I arranged to shoot ladyboy Jiji at 2pm but she ended up not showing so had a wasted mid day. Later on I went for a ...

I tested the 4 Speedotron flash heads, they are all still working! I replaced one modeling light bulb that was a bit dull with a new one I f...

This is the room I wil use for the newest white background sex worker photographs. Of the 3 rooms (2007, 2009, 2012) I have used  to make ph...

I am so used to the noise, polution and crazyness in this bar town of Thailand that it was surprising to wake up to the sounds of singing bi...

Helped offered by many Thai photographers today, will write more later about their kindness. Update: I sent out a distress call to unkow...

Things are coming together slowly, am fiighting my way through all my mistakes and screwups. Am set up in a room near where I will go find...

My beautiful Leica 28mm F2, the most expensive lens I have ever bought ($3000 USD) went crashing to the pavement yesterday. I must have acci...

Here is my first try at making up a booklet for the April VAAA show, called "Thai Sex Worker". I am doing it in the same style as ...

Well I am off to Thai and Laos for a 5 week trip soon. Got my bags mostly packed, have to weigh and transfer stuff around a bit and that wil...

I was digging through some old papers today trying to find some sex worker quotes from a few years back that I wanted to use in a artist sta...

Made my first ever submission to the McMullen gallery in Edmonton. The gallery is a nice space but has a limited mandate because of its loca...

Just found out that my Deardorff 8x10 was shipped to a Eastman Kodak store in Detroit on January 14, 1964. I was born in April of 1964 so th...

I got dads 8x10 Deardorff today, the camera is older but in nice shape. One of the small screws which holds the back/ground glass mount onto...

I sent out a bunch of submissions today: - "Klong Toey Portraits" to the Alberta Gallery Of Art, AGA. - "Klong Toey Por...

I have a group show (I get a nice a small room to myself) of Sex Worker photographs on white backgrounds opening at Visual Arts Alberta on A...

I want to go back and photograph the people who haul goods daily across the Poipet Cambodia, Thailand border.  It was very hard techically t...

Some more slums capes from 2012 Klong Toey Slumscape #2=1, Bangkok 2011 Klong Toey Slumscape #2, Bangkok 2011 Klong Toey Slumsca...

Not sure if I posted these already or not, but was just scanning some odd negs I found today. I might try doing more of these in the future,...

A few more Banarama 2 shots. Boxing Trainer Klong Toey Slum, Bangkok 2011 Boxer Klong Toey Slum, Bangkok 2011 Ladyboy Sex Worker...

Sort of took a break from scanning negs, here are a few more 4x5 Linhof available light negs from Novembers trip. Gop Boxer Klong Toey S...

I want to do a series of closeup 4x5 ladyboy head-shots during my next sex worker on white background sessions. I did a practise setup with ...

There is currently a photography exhibit at the MOCA in Calgary featuring the work of Craig Richards and Arthur Nishimura (both Alberta base...

Got an email from the Jubilee Auditorium Kaasa Gallery folks today. They asked me if it was ok to change the start date of my solo show from...

Did a final version (slightly bigger, small improvements) blurb book today, I printed it on the cheaper paper to save on costs. If I order 1...

Dean Jones of Razzle camera fame added a link to this blog on his website and also related the story of my Banrama Razzles, check out Deans ...

My friend Larry Louie who is a world class photographer has an exhibit in Edmonton next week (only 1 week before the show goes to Vancouver)...

Little blurb about my upcoming group show in the Visual Arts Alberta Blog. I always feel I sound like a pompous boob in these requested writ...