Captured a few moments with my Ricoh GR IIIx.
Visions
Waterfall at Jewel, Singapore
Author: eddietay
I am a poet and an educator. I have come to realise in recent years that the act of writing poetry has trained my mind to be always on the prowl for everyday moments that might be suitable material for my writing.
Hence, I turn to photography in order to record some of these moments. I soon discover that the photographs I am taking, using film rangefinder cameras which are more discreet and hence suitable to the task at hand, are in the tradition of street photography.
In search of poetry, I have become a street photographer.
What can Hong Kong teach me about street photography, and what can street photography teach me about Hong Kong?
This blog seeks to address that question.
Wu Kai Sha Beach, Hong Kong
Where I spend most Sat mornings…
Canon M50, Takumar S-M-C 28mm
Some More Tsim Sha Tsui
Some more views at Tsim Sha Tsui.
Leica M3, 50mm Summicron Rigid, Tri-X
Beach Meditations
The scenes speak for themselves.
Leica M3, 50mm Summicron Rigid, Tri-X
Scattered Thoughts at Tsim Sha Tsui
Flaneuring with Canon M50 and the vintage Meyer Optik Lydith 30mm lens.
Slightly tilted but it adds to the scene.
Look up and it all becomes aspirational.
Ode to Chinese capital.
The office worker and the jogger.
Four quarters neat – someone needs to tend to the urban disciplined greenery.
InterContinental Hotel. Tourism shrouded.
Morning walk
The scene is always slightly different
Decisive moments.
Another one.
Property occurs when someone says “This is mine”.
Does this belong to anyone.
This beauty.
Everyone has access.
Magical moments.
Tranquility.
Focus.
Ruins and Formations II
Unlike the previous post, these same scenes were all taken with my Leica M3, 50mm Summicron Rigid.
The film used is Tri-X 400.
Everything seems more, er … poetic.
Like something out of a dream.
Perhaps a post-apocalyptic scene…
Ruins and formations
Not sure what this is.
Ruins of a former village shed?
Another one, with a nice view.
Dreamy landscape.
I’m not the only one enjoying the landscape.
He said he didn’t mind when I asked to take the photograph.
Had a nice chat with his wife and him about the view. His wife showed me sunset photographs on her phone.
Secret passage to Narnia…
The Shoot Shadow Master Speaks
Why do you take pictures of the same scenes around the village all the time, asks the wife.
Because the light is different, says the shoot shadow master.
Also because the camera is different. (It’s a Leica M3 this time.)
It’s a different film. It’s Venus 800 of a particular vintage (expired 2016).
The shoot shadow master is wise.
The clouds are luminious – the shoot shadow master looks and looks again.
The shoot shadow master finds different things to look at.
The shoot shadow master frames nature.
The shoot shadow master dreams of people.
All hail the shoot shadow master…
Village Garden
Wifey and I met up with a fellow Singaporean who lives a few villages away.
She takes cultivation to a whole new level of commitment.
This is not quite street photography but still…
She spoke of dealing with international suppliers and import licenses.
Her husband and I talked for a bit. But mostly we were listening to our wives’ conversation.
Pretty flowers.
Interesting plant thing.
It takes discipline and patience.
Some more pretty flowers whose names I don’t know.
Pear or lemon?
Work in progress.
Pretty pink flowers.
Nice red things… er… chilli?
Garden table.
Sunflowers!
Wifey took home a plant called limau kasturi.
There’s another one called laksa plant. For making laksa – this I know.
Pandan! For making desserts and chicken rice.
This must be chilli.
Even the plant outside her gate is pretty.
Hong Kong Lucida 