Wat Arun Ratchawaram Ratchaworamawihan

Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan (Thai: วัดอรุณราชวราราม ราชวรมหาวิหาร) or Wat Arun (Thai pronunciation: [wát ʔarun], “Temple of Dawn”) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok, Thailand, on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River.

 

This is the last Weekly Photo Challenge hosted by WordPress, so I figured that I’d post a large photo gallery as my final post. Thanks to the team at WordPress for hosting this challenge for many years. Respect.

Enjoy the photo gallery:

Thailand Tattoo Expo 2018 – part 2

Liquid ink turned into solid art – that’s an accurate description of what happened at Thailand Tattoo Expo 2018. I’ve already posted some photos in part 1. Now enjoy part 2.

Kea Tattoo Thai, hannya (般若), hannya mask.

Thailand Tattoo Expo 2018 – part 1

Some photos from Thailand Tattoo Expo 2018

Serjiu Arnautu

Reclining Buddha Temple | Wat Pho | HDR

If you take the river boat up Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, you’ll find the Reclining Buddha Temple (Wat Pho / Wat Chetuphon).

At the Reclining Buddha Temple (Wat Pho).

Tilted Bangkok

So then I got this idea about driving a cheesecake truck

Bangkok

JJ Green Night Market, Bangkok

JJ Green Night Market in Bangkok. A lively place.

Mango Sticky Rice

Near the Wat Pho temple in Bangkok you can get some really good sticky rice. It’s a small, confined space – a tiny place where the only thing they serve is mango sticky rice.

Preparing mango sticky rice, Bangkok, Thailand.

It might look dangerous the way she’s chopping away at the mango, but the chef is in full control.

Bangkok Security

As you probably already know, I was in Bangkok not long ago. Let me tell you that they beefed up the security when I visited Bangkok. They even put handcuffs in my hotel room, just in case…

Outside the royal palace.

Thailand Tattoo Expo 2017 – part 4

Bangkok is pretty awesome!

Chatuchak Park Gym

Office buildings nearby Chatuchak.

Bangkok, Thailand: In Chatuchak (Jatujak) Park, vis-a-vis the JJ Green Market, there’s an outdoor gym. As luck would have it, I passed by when I was on my way to see my friend Natcha in her shop Bubblebrain Tattoo’n’art that’s located in JJ Green.

Night Shots From Bangkok 4:4

The continuation of the continuation of the continuation of random night shots from Bangkok.

You might have seen some of these before too (back in 2015), but these are re-edited.

Bangkok by night.

That’s it for night shots from Bangkok for now.

Night Shots From Bangkok 3:4

The continuation of the continuation of random night shots from Bangkok.

You might have seen some of these photos before (back in 2015), but these are re-edited.

Night Shots From Bangkok 2:4

The continuation of random night shots from Bangkok.

I think the curves in the red car looks nice in this night shot. Make sure to check out and follow my official Instagram for more photos: @cguzmanofficial

I participate in WordPress’ Weekly Photo Challenge 2016. (Click the image above to see more WPC posts in this blog). 

Night Shots From Bangkok 1:4

Some night shots, street photography, a portrait of Rogue Seraphim, plus some photos from a shop in Bangkok. Random Bangkok stuff.

Model: Rogue Seraphim

Chinatown, Bangkok

It has been hectic lately, so I haven’t blogged much. Hope you’re all having a great time and that you enjoyed my little gallery from Bangkok.
I’m glad to say that I’ll be returning to Bangkok in 2017.

 

Check out Paula’s post too:

https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2016/06/16/thursdays-special-here-and-there/

Thursday’s Special

Photo shoot with Rogue

When I visited Bangkok, I made sure to arrange a tiny gathering that consisted of myself, the local model Rogue Seraphim, make-up artist Adia Braun, Adia’s husband and their kid. Naturally I’ve only captured the model on these photos:

Photo: CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com, Model: Rogue Seraphim, Make-up: Adia Braun

Photo: CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com, Model: Rogue Seraphim, Make-up: Adia Braun

Photo: CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com, Model: Rogue Seraphim, Make-up: Adia Braun

Photo: CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com, Model: Rogue Seraphim, Make-up: Adia Braun

Photo: CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com, Model: Rogue Seraphim, Make-up: Adia Braun

Photo: CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com, Model: Rogue Seraphim, Make-up: Adia Braun

Photo: CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com, Model: Rogue Seraphim, Make-up: Adia Braun

Photo: CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com, Model: Rogue Seraphim, Make-up: Adia Braun

I also asked permission from the hotel to use their roof top pool as a location to shoot some photos, but since I didn’t get their permission I’m not gonna do any free advertising for the hotel in this blog or anywhere else. In other words: these photos were shot at some location, somewhere in Bangkok.

Links:

• Rogue Seraphim – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.515414055220831.1073741827.241246569304249&type=3
• Rogue Seraphim – elsewhere: http://www.inkedmag.com/girls/rogue-seraphim/
• Adia Braun – blog: http://blog.adiabraun.com/
• Adia Braun – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adiamakeup/

MBK Tattoo Contest Vol 10, 2015

This isn’t the first post from this event, MBK Tattoo Contest Vol 10, that took place in Bangkok in November 2015. I’ve already posted some photos here in the blog, but now I’ve uploaded them all to a gallery on Flickr.

Divine Ink (Click on this image to visit the full Flickr gallery)

Bangkok’s Music Scene

Bangkok has a great music scene. I took a look at some of what it has to offer and diversity is the keyword to describe it: Rock concerts, clubbing, street artist and an awesome, tiny blues bar – aptly called Blues Bar.

The photos in this gallery were all shot at the Blues Bar (it’s in Samsen Road, a short walking distance from the horrible tourist area Khaosan Road).

Enjoy these short clips with some of the music you can find in Bangkok:

My entry for https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/eye-spy/

 

 

The Tattoo Transition 2:2

These were all shot with a phone. For the Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition.

The Tattoo Transition 1:2

For the Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition.

To be continued…

Back pieces by Ozzfest Tattoo Club Thailand

Amazing back pieces by Ozzfest Tattoo Club Thailand. MBK Tattoo Contest Vol. 10, 2015. Bangkok, Thailand.

Ink by Ozzfest Tattoo Club Thailand. Photo: CardinalGuzman.wordpress.com

My entry for: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/trio/

Some portraits from Bangkok

Yesterday I came home from a week-long stay in Bangkok, where I met a lot of wonderful, talented, beautiful, sexy, creative, amazing, friendly and inspiring people. These are just a few of the photos of the amazing people and scenes that I captured there.

@ Artists Tatoo, 21 samsen road

Noon

Node @ Artists Tattoo

Emil

A blind baby crocodile

Natcha Plainche (Bubblebrain Tattoo)

Bank Tattoo

Ying Youngterk Hamc Nimnuan & Node

Amazing back pieces by Ozzfest Tattoo Club Thailand.

EST Tattoo

Orm Siamthirtyfive / ทศพล พวงเพ็ชร์

MBK Tattoo Convention

Beautiful models Chunya Tar Boonsri & JeanZa YimGang @Ying Youngterk Tattoo

Behind the scenes with Adia Braun & Rogue Seraphim

Rogue Seraphim

Rogue Seraphim

Rogue Seraphim

Rogue Seraphim

Muay Thai @Rajadamnern Stadium

Muay Thai @Rajadamnern Stadium

Vanja, Tom and the light hats.

Vanja & Tom

Night photography by the river. Bangkok.

Night photography by the river.

Rudratcha

During one week in Bangkok, I spent most of my time in tattoo shops and hanging around with other tattoo interested people. It all culminated in the MBK Tattoo Convention 2015 on my last day, where most of these photos were taken. For me, as a person who’s probably more than average interested in tattoos, being at a tattoo convention makes you feel at home: You meet lots of people who all share the same passion and love for the same kind of artistic expression. It makes you feel like you’re a part of an international society. I’ll post plenty of photos from this magnificent event later. Because I had a flight, I couldn’t stick around to find out who won in the different classes, but for me it wasn’t important to find out who came out victorious or not – the important part was to be there, feel the vibe and be a part of the event.

The Muay Thai boxing photos were shot at Bankok’s Rajadamnern Stadium (which will also be covered in a separate post) and, since I was already in Bangkok, of course I made sure to arrange a photo session with a local model: Rogue Seraphim and make-up artist Adia Braun (the photo session will also be covered later). I haven’t had the time to go through even a small fraction of my photos yet, but I probably have some interesting street photos to share as well.

I hope you all (my readers) have been having a good time and enjoying life lately and I hope that I get to visit Bangkok again soon! The sooner the better!