Street Photographer
Tavepong Pratoomwong
Thailand
Street Photographer
Tavepong Pratoomwong
Thailand
Tavepong Pratoomwong is an award-winning Street photography based in Bangkok, Thailand. He exhibits his works in Asia, North America and Europe.
Tavepong Pratoomwong began his photography in University. After graduation, he and his friend followed the dream they had when they were in high school. That dream was to do a photo documentary and publish it in Thailand’s National Geographic magazine.
After he established his own company, he had to spend most of his time on the new born business. He took photos less and less as time went by but was still interested in camera equipment. He almost stopped and never thought to return to take photos anymore. That was until the end of 2013 when his wife surprised him with a wedding anniversary gift. It was a ticket to Varanasi, India. That ticket, that trip was the turning point for him to take pictures again.
After he went back to Thailand, he joined the Street Photo Thailand’s activities “365 days in 2014”. It let him go out and take photos every day since then.
The result from the hard work won him many international street photography awards such as:
2014 : 1st Place Winner Miami Street Photography Festival
2014 : The winners EyeEm Awards (Street Photographer)
2015 : 1st prize Winner Street Shooting Around the World 2015 : The Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP)
He was also selected to be The 20 most Influential Street Photographers of 2015 from Streethunters.net.
Now, he is part of 3 photographic collectives: StreetPhotoThailand , FullFrontalFlash and OBSERVE Collective.
His work can be seen at www.tavepong.com, www.flickr.com/photos/tavepong/, www.instagram.com/tavepong_street/
Tavepong Pratoomwong is an award-winning Street photography based in Bangkok, Thailand. He exhibits his works in Asia, North America and Europe.
Tavepong Pratoomwong began his photography in University. After graduation, he and his friend followed the dream they had when they were in high school. That dream was to do a photo documentary and publish it in Thailand’s National Geographic magazine.
After he established his own company, he had to spend most of his time on the new born business. He took photos less and less as time went by but was still interested in camera equipment. He almost stopped and never thought to return to take photos anymore. That was until the end of 2013 when his wife surprised him with a wedding anniversary gift. It was a ticket to Varanasi, India. That ticket, that trip was the turning point for him to take pictures again.
After he went back to Thailand, he joined the Street Photo Thailand’s activities “365 days in 2014” . It let him go out and take photos every day since then.
The result from the hard work won him many international street photography awards such as:
2014 : 1st Place Winner Miami Street Photography Festival
2014 : The winners EyeEm Awards (Street Photographer)
2015 : 1st prize Winner Street Shooting Around the World 2015 : The Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP)
He was also selected to be The 20 most Influential Street Photographers of 2015 from Streethunters.net.
Now, he is part of 3 photographic collectives: StreetPhotoThailand , FullFrontalFlash and OBSERVE Collective.
His work can be seen at www.tavepong.com, www.flickr.com/photos/tavepong/, www.instagram.com/tavepong_street/
Interview
with
Tavepong
That motivate me to continue my passion in photography.
- Flip LCD screen on the street especially while photographing in Bangkok, where its background is often messy. I just need to aim higher or lower to have more a clearer background. Sometimes it’s easier to get candid shots of people with the flip LCD screen instead of using the viewfinder.
- ISO especially in a7S, as I can shoot in every light condition. And the important thing is its effect to control the depth of field. I can get very deep depth and high enough shutter speed to freeze the moment.
Interview
with
Tavepong
That motivate me to continue my passion in photography.
- Flip LCD screen on the street especially while photographing in Bangkok, where its background is often messy. I just need to aim higher or lower to have more a clearer background. Sometimes it’s easier to get candid shots of people with the flip LCD screen instead of using the viewfinder.
- ISO especially in a7S, as I can shoot in every light condition. And the important thing is its effect to control the depth of field. I can get very deep depth and high enough shutter speed to freeze the moment.