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by Jonathan Look | Jun 17, 2014 | Buddhism, Cambodia, People, Photography, Travel
Wat Bo in Siem Reap, Cambodia is one of my favorite places to photograph. Upon entering the grounds there is just a sense of decompression and peace. The main temple is usually locked but the guy sitting here, the pagoda elder, has always been happy to unlock it and...
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by Jonathan Look | Jun 14, 2014 | Adventure, Myanmar, People, Photography, Travel
When you see a photograph or a travel story about Inle Lake, Myanmar it usually is, or includes, a photo like this one – a basket fisherman setting his fish traps in the setting (or rising) sun. Just the image of a hardworking, solitary man, tirelessly working to...
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by Jonathan Look | May 27, 2014 | Bali, Indonesia, Landscape, Nature, People, Photography, Travel
Farming Seaweed on Lembongan Island, Indonesia Photographing Nusa Lembongan Seaweed Farming There are times when you see a scene, and you know it would make an amazing photo story and knew this right away with Nusa Lembongan Seaweed Farming. Last fall, when I was...
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by Jonathan Look | Apr 14, 2014 | Adventure, Buddhism, Buildings, Myanmar, People, Photography, Travel
Spend enough time in Southeast Asia and you begin to run the risk of what many people call “temple burnout”. In Chiang Mai, Thailand, where I live, there are over 300 temples. Many, no most of them are quite beautiful and worthy of a visit, but there are so many of...
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by Jonathan Look | Apr 11, 2014 | Adventure, Arizona, Bali, Buildings, California, Cambodia, Indonesia, Landscape, Nature, People, Photography, Retirement, Texas, Thailand, Travel, United States
Last year I did a post called my “Top 12 Photos of 2012”. 2012 was an amazing year for me with many changes; many improvements and a few challenges. I intended to do a “Top 13 of 2013” but after going through the over 11,000 images I made in...
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by Jonathan Look | Apr 4, 2014 | Adventure, Bhutan, People, Photography, Travel
I took early retirement not only for the travel and have some adventures, but to pursue my passions of writing and photography. I have always liked telling stories and putting a light on other people’s lives by capturing the moment and making environmental portraits....
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by Jonathan Look | Mar 31, 2014 | Adventure, Bhutan, People, Photography, Travel
Why Bhutan in February? One of our reasons for wanting to go to on our Bhutan trip in February was to see the annual Nomad Festival. Every year nomadic herders from Bhutan’s Himalayan frontiers and nearby gewogs (villages) gather in central Bhutan’s Bumthang...
