Can any veteran talk a little bit about photo taking etiquette (if any) in the scene in Bangkok ?
I noticed most if not all the shots taken with the posts are usually fully clothed... Do the girls at MPs actually allow you to take pictures during the sessions and stuff? Is it even possible to take photos of the fishbowl selection, etc.?

Getting a pictue of a fishbowl is nigh unto impossible. You would need to have a hidden, flashless camera to get one, and if you do manage, the quality is going to be pretty poor. I've seen one person on this board who managed to do it in Pattaya, but that's it.

It all depends on the girl. I've posted an entire set of pics that I shot of Tip over three sessions with her at the Chao Phraya II. She is the only girl in an MP I could get to pose sans clothing. I've gotten a few pics of others, fully clothed. YMMV, but some places tell the girls that photography is banned, and the girls will adhere to that.

For go-gos and beer bars, if photos are important to you, ask about it in the interview before pulling the trigger. Most girls are at least ok with clothed shots. Not nearly as many allow nudity, but enough do. A little extra cash doesn't hurt either, sometimes. Bahtman and Epi get plenty of pics, so maybe they'll share some of their secret tips.

My advice: Just whip out the camera and start clicking. Initial protests will often occur, but if you bluff effectively enough, you'll still get damned nice shots. Call it a beautiful by-product of the 'pay after' system. Of course other SEA destinations yield much better photo-ops than Thailand, but saying that runs the risk of pissing off the Thailand apologists. Of course the TRUTH cannnot be suppressed!

This pbviously doesn't apply to taking pics in an actual fishbowl, though. In this regard, Murasaki's right: Best you can hope for is a half-assed pic with a phone-cam.

Many moons ago when I used to venture to LOS, I was lucky to get a few topless and nudie massage gal pics (some posted here). The gals usually permitted pics after I saw them a few times, but for the most part, the massage girls were awfully shy.

In the rooms in Poseiden massage, they had a closed circuit camera of the fishbowl that you could see from the room, I took a video clip of it to show some buddies.

Fishbowl pics are a rare as are pics of Thai go-go dancers on stage, but if you really want a fishbowl pic, "everything is permissible until you get caught." :-)

I've had good luck with Porker's advice in SEA. Start taking some pictures as soon as they get into the room. If they object, keep trying while you reassure them, tell them they are beautiful and you think they would make a good model. I've had a few who started by covering their face end up demanding that I take more pictures--nude.