The photos below are from the Songkran festival shoot. The selected photos below show what I experienced and what I thought the festival was like. The photos are bright and colorful and the weather was perfect for the spending the day outside photographing the festival.
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Figure 1 and 2 show the alter and the monks sat chanting, the string that you see through the photos is connected to the lord Buddha. The tent is full of people who are chanting with the monks. Figure 1 show a large bowl that has a white candle in the middle of it and look down onto the bowl in a statue of Buddha. the photo is cut up because of the strings that are hanging from the ceiling of the tent the string is linked to the Buddha statue that you can see in the far left of the photo. Figure 2 shows the monks chanting the photos is also cut up with the strings.
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I wanted to get some portraits of the monks so while they were walking through the crowd collecting offerings from the visitors I managed to get photos of three of the monks.
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I love the photos above as the colour are bright and bold. Figure 6 is of the monks as they are walking through the crowds while receiving rice offerings. Figure 7 was taken a moment late after the monks had past me, the colours are warm and draw you into the photo.
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The photos above are small parts of the day that I thought made the festival colorful and interesting. Figure 8 is of a water melon cut in to a flower this was done my one of the monks, the arrangement also has carrots that have been cut up as well. The arrangement is very beautiful and they do catch you eye which intricate details of the melon flower. Figure 9 is of paper cut out flags that are brought and placed in sand, this is so the person can have good luck in the up coming year. The colours are amazing and your eyes don't really know were to focus as they is a lot of colours and patterns.
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The photos above are of the cleansing the image of Buddha. Figure 10 shows a woman paring fragrant water over the Buddha statue. The photo is slightly over exposed but I love this photo with the shape of Buddha being the main focus but the small damage to the head draws the attention but it also add character as it is not a perfect statue it this shows that has been used before I like that no one has tried to cover it up. Figure 11 is another way to cleans the image of Buddha the water leads to a small statue of Buddha. this image is full of colour but the silver cup is too bright.
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Figure 12, 13 and 14 are of the traditional tie dancer who were amazing the monk really enjoyed it. The photos are full of colour.
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