Photography has been with us for a while. The first surviving mention of the principles behind the pinhole camera, a precursor to the camera obscura, belongs to Mo-Ti (470 BC to 390 BC), a Chinese philosopher and the founder of Mohism. Mo-Ti referred to this camera as a "collecting plate" or "locked treasure room".
...And I’m all about easy when it comes to equipment. That leaves my brain free to concentrate on composition and capturing the moment... I’m like a starving cheetah on the prowl when I walk the street.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the worlds longest reining monarch, and the love his people have for him is well founded. He has spent his life working for the Thai people trying to make life better for them and Thailand a better place. His reign has seen dozens of prime ministers come and go.
I had a chance to visit a rather unique attraction in Bangkok, the Ancient City Samut Prakan, once named Ancient Siam. The Park/Museum is 320 acres and has a shape like the map of Thailand.
There are many places to shoot street portraits in Bangkok. One of my favorites is Khlong Toei.
A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single thoughtA professional photographer since 1980, Lee started as a scenic and sports photographer in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In the late 90′s Lee became a wedding photographer in Colorado Springs. Early in 2006 Lee traveled to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific here he spent 3 years documenting the lives of the people of the Atolls. His quest to document cultures of the region, led him on several treks to Bali and then to on to document the pristine culture and people of Yap. Lee Traveled to Iraq with the USF-I PAO in 2008 and spent 3 years as the command photographer. His images graced front pages nationally and internationally. Lee makes his home in Nakhon Nayok Thailand where he lives with his beautiful wife and daughter.
Learn MoreThis morning on my timeline in Facebook a photography store posted “In 2 words describe your style of photography”. I typed in Lee Craker. No, I’m not an ego maniac, but there is just no other two words to describe what I do. I shoot everything from macro to landscapes, from people to underwater, and journalism to fine art. Today I might be on a black and white kick, tomorrow color. I may be on a strait from the camera thing for a while and then go into a stylize the crap out of it stage. I’m constantly changing, adapting and doing anything and everything. The image is important to me, and the negative is a starting point sometimes and an end product other times. It’s all about the journey. And the journey is the destination.
