Notes From The Road – Penang

This morning I’m packing up and getting ready to fly back to Singapore. It’s been a long and tiring week and I feel like I’ve grown a lot as a photographer this week.

Photographing Thaipusam was hard work. On Monday I was up before 5.30am and didn’t get to bed till after 2am the next day. On Tuesday I was out before 10am and got back to the hotel just before 10pm. I was then up on Thursday morning between 1.30am and 6am to photograph the final celebrations. There’s also been plenty of other side trips, to explore Penang, eat out & even a brief model shoot.

That’s a lot of time photographing, but, interestingly, I took far fewer images than on the recent Within The Frame workshop in Oaxaca.

Next week I’ll have more to share; two stories related to Thaipusam and a little photo-essay on the final night’s procession. But, before that, I need to get home, have my back seen to, rest and get some good sleep.