Angkor Wat

One of the most fascinating places I have ever visited, Angkor Wat, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The largest religious monument in the world and part of a complex of temples that you can spend days getting around them all. It has to be visited! Check out this picture and others in my Etsy shop.  Read more

Life in a Face

Well Its been some time since the last post. I’ve finally put together a book of a some of my photographs from South East Asia. I decided to focus on the portraits which I think were the most striking of all the pictures I took. The next job will be another book of all my pictures landscapes, street scenes and portraits. I hope you like it. Click the link below to Blurb, you can then click to Amazon to buyRead more

And now on ETSY…….

A selection of my travel photographs from SE Asia are now available on Etsy. Etsy is an online shop where people can make, sell and buy unique goods. It has everything from arts and crafts to photography, jewellery etc. Take a look. Stuart Knowles Images at Etsy.     Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon.     Balloning in Vang Vieng, Laos Buddha statue, Sukhothai, Thailand.Read more

Favourite photographs

A small selection of the many photographs I took. It wasn’t my intention, but as I travelled, my most enjoyable moments were taking portraits and I think they stand out.  Read more
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Sa Pa, the final day

After another night on the rice wine, we had a fantastic pancake break fast and set off for Hau Thao, another H’mong village. This was probably the best trek, the weather was holding up,I expected rain but we were very lucky. Two days after I left I saw on the news that they had snow and the Fog had set in, phew I timed it well (for here anyway!) Children playing in the fields. Our guide and the crazy Korean!Read more
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Sa Pa, day two

On the second day we set off on a trek to Lao Chai village, a H’mong village. We were lucky to visit a school, now each village has one. The children sang for us and then returned to their studies. I bet his Dad sits like that at home! The paddy fields are brown and red this time of year. The true striking colour comes out in summer, and the rice is harvested in September. This time of year itRead more