The Photography of Dr. Jeffrey P. Harper

It is always a delight to stay along the sea in Thailand.

One evening, looking east toward Burma, a rain interfered with the sunset.  Marvelous.

I have never seen anything like it.

At the same moment, it rained out at sea.

In the last moments of light, a string of white clouds appeared.

Gulf of Siam.

Looking toward Hua Hin town proper.

The same view as above, but during a full moon rise.

As usual, there are many beautiful sunsets . . . .

. . . and many gigantic cloud formations over the Gulf of Siam.

Ever changing.  Timeless.

Squid fishermen return from a night's netting.

April 13, 2011, Hua Hin, Thailand. First light over the Gulf of Siam.

The sun approaches the horizon.

The sun rising over the Gulf of Siam.

The first morning rays reflect off the sea.

A beautiful day ahead.

Good Morning Hua Hin!

The day has begun.

No two sunrises are the same.  This was the following day.

Yet another morning's sunrise.

An ordinary evening on the streets of Hua Hin. The food hawkers are out with their carts.

Some food carts are mobile -- they move about the town all night.

Some carts seem to move about and never stop.  Car batteries and lamps illuminate the product.

Some hawkers seem to own a corner.  Here dried, pressed squid strips arrayed on Hua Hin Main Street.

Our favorite ginger soup and soy milk sweet dessert cart seems to have found a permanent home on a side street.  We are very glad to have found it again!

Most carts seem to come out in early evening and set up "food courts" in the same location every night.

There is a stark beauty about the actuality of these night hawker markets.

The lighting seems to highlight the human endeavour to stay alive, as well as to eat.

The carts are wheeled in and tables and stools are brought out for the customers.

Late at night, this man seemed so lonely making his hot noodle soup.

Late night, Hua Hin back streets.

Some night hawkers walk the streets trying to sell their "hill tribe" mementos to the diminishing number of tourists . . .

Tailor shops and tourist tuk-tuks sit empty, their touts listless.

At some point every night, a decision is made to beak camp and head home through the night streets of Hua Hin.

The famous Thai tolerence allows the cheap and the tawdry in.

A hard way to make a living.  A hard way to live.

Beautiful Flowers Abound in Hua Hin, Thailand:

Sweet.

Sweet Buds . . .

The tiniest of flowers.

Bees pollinate Lotus flowers.

I just can't seem to keep away from photographing these wonderful scenes.

This raggedy orange Hyacinth was simply fantastic.

The orange Hyacinth stamen.

This is the only orange Hyacynth I have ever seen in this 'raggedy' configuration.  Fascinating.

Not flowers, but Koi. I loved the reflections on the surface of this pool beneath a Frangipani tree.