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“CONTRASTING SCENES ARE AMONG THE TOUGHEST FOR SELF-PHOTOGRAPHY, AND ALSO THE MOST IMPRESSIVE IF YOU MANAGE TO NAIL IT.”

Just a couple of weeks ago I was stood at the side of a fairly remote road in the deep south of Thailand. I’d been there for an hour or so, in the 40-degree heat and 100 per cent humidity. I was wilting, to say the least.

Earlier that morning – with this story in mind – I’d slung a Fuji mirrorless camera and a single prime lens over my shoulder, and then strapped an old Sony RX100, some remotes and a GorillaPod to my bike.

I’d been in the area for a month, and had been out shooting self-photography on the bike throughout, but there was this one distant rubber-tree-tunnelled road that had eluded me.

Such contrasting scenes are among the toughest for self-photography, and also the most impressive if you manage to nail it.

For most of that hour I’d been running in and out of the road, grasping at brief gaps between the traffic to grab images on both