“Distractions” Photograph

A young boy who probably spends a lot of time hanging around his mother’s market stall. The distractions down at his level are plentiful but not quite so distracting as they will be in a few years time.

I am always aware of the suspicions I could cause taking photographs like this and usually try to avoid pointing the camera at anything too revealing but in this case I really was focussed on taking a photograph of the boy and didn’t notice quite how short the skirt was until afterwards.

Photograph taken at Victory Monument, Bangkok, Thailand

“Squatters” Photograph

Perhaps the collective pronoun for street market stall-holders in Thailand should be “a squat”. They have a talent for comfortably sitting down on their heels and staying there as long as the conversation lasts.

Photograph taken at Victory Monument, Bangkok, Thailand

“Surrogate” Photograph

Something about this mannequin in its blue dress put this young boy in the mood for a hug. But his mother wasn’t so enamored with the idea of such a surrogate and dragged him off before he got too attached.

Photograph taken at Victory Monument, Bangkok, Thailand

“Training” Photograph

One of the best ways to improve your reactions is to throw darts at a board just above your head then try to dodge them as they bounce back at you. This boy was getting quite good at it. He even tried to catch one or two.

Occasionally a dart would actually stick in the board so eventually he ran out of darts and had to jump to grab them from the board thereby inventing a new version of the game as several fell at him at the same time.

Although it looked dangerous to me as an adult, it was clearly a regular pastime for the lad and gave me the impression of being an excellent way to train for life if not actually to train as a darts player.

Photograph taken at Victory Monument, Bangkok, Thailand

“Chatting Up Models” Photograph

Well, even if they are a bit non-committal at least it won’t be an outright rejection and he should be fairly safe from cutting sarcastic. However, it looks like the hand-holding may have been a bit rough.

Photograph taken at Chatuchak Weekend Market, Bangkok, Thailand

“Uniformed” Photograph

I liked the glow of these two uniformed ladies even if they didn’t particular enjoy having to wait for their bus in the bright afternoon sun.

Photograph taken at Victory Monument, Bangkok, Thailand