Sep 30 2009
hey! glen allison show us what you’ve got
World traveler and photographer Glen Allison is in Siem Reap complaining about a little rain. He calls it a typhoon. But typhoon – monsoon. What’s the difference. Rain is rain. As Ernst Haas says, “It’s all part of the effect.”
Western causeway to Angkor Wat in a little rain
Sure you can write circles around me in that blog of yours with all of your poetry sounding words, but can you shoot?
You’ve been around the world what two times going on three now? I was juggling shooting with being social in a group in between diabetes talks, and did I complain about the rain?
When you’ve got something to show let us see what you’v got.
Mark Harmel
harmelphoto.com
@MarkHarmel
Certainly recommend following Glen at his blog glenallisontraveler and on Photoshelter at http://www.hottravelphotos.com during his now underway 10 (now 11) year journey around the world.
Wow this is a fantastic picture. Were you under shelter when you took it? I’ve always wanted to take stormy shots but end up with problems on my lens.
Hey Mark,
Great rainy day shot!
Well, today there’s no rain in Siem Reap. Guess I’ll have to use my double fog filter to get anywhere close to what you captured. So now I’m off to the tourist infested waters of Angkor. When I first visited in 1994 there were hardly any hotels here. Now it’s a veritable five-star bowling alley, chock-a-block, wall-to-walll, with accommodation just about all the way up to Ta Prohm temple. Back in ’94 I went solo–well, except for a soldier armed with a machine gun as a guide. There were still a few Khmer Rouge lurking around and lots of land mines underfoot.
So yesterday I braved the knee-deep waters of Siem Reap and snagged a couple of nice fine art photos in the drizzle. First one up already:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/first-came-red-glen-allison.html
Now back to the day job . . .
Glen
Interesting that someone obviously as community-service oriented as you are would feel the need to tear someone down in order to promote yourself. It’s really not necessary. There’s plenty of room in the world for all of us.
Tina,
Glen is a great photographer and friend who has been traveling the world for years. With the combination of his eye, experience and the time he spends at his locations, he can easily hold his own. My post was meant to be a playful way to attract my readers to the news that Glen was back on the road in the hope that they would all follow his journeys. I could have taken another, and perhaps better approach to the post, but there was no attempt at belittle Glen’s talent.
I had hoped that he would flood the comment box with example after example of his great photography. He’s also a talented writer. His blog is a wonderful way to be a vicarious traveler as well.