Olympus XA2 – Hong Kong Lucida

Olympus XA 3

Posted on September 25, 2015September 21, 2015 by eddietay in Uncategorized

Sometimes, it is a pain when you realize that what you have is actually good enough.

Sad is the man who realizes he does not have a good excuse to buy another camera.

What happens if you’re already happy with your Olympus XA 2 as a street camera?

You go out and buy an Olympus XA 3, of course.

It’s the same difference.

There’re differences between a Olympus XA 2 and XA 3, of course.

What this also means is that I could go out with 2 different films.

One could be loaded with a colour film and the other with a b/w film.

Or they could have films of different ISOs.

Ah – the joys of street photography.

Camera: Olympus XA 3

Film: Kodak UltraMax 400

Some more Shamshuipo

Posted on September 22, 2015September 19, 2015 by eddietay in Uncategorized

I’m still walking around…

The streets are exhibitions waiting to speak.

What would the stall say?

What’s he thinking about?

We’re all concealed by what we buy and sell.

We all buy and sell.

We’re all waiting.

Until it’s all meat…

Camera: Olympus XA2

Film: Ilford XP2 400

Walking Around

Posted on September 19, 2015September 19, 2015 by eddietay in Monochrome

I have so many posts of the street markets at Shamshuipo.

My only excuse is that things are always changing, and the streets are never the same from hour to hour.

I’d wonder about the kind of life stories people have.

What would we say, if we have had a chance to speak about ourselves to one another?

I’m the guy with the camera who thinks too much.

While someone else is having his siesta.

The streets are so busy.

Camera: Olympus XA2

Film: Ilford XP2 400

Singapore’s Chinatown in Colour

Posted on September 11, 2015September 1, 2015 by eddietay in About Singapore, Colour

Chinatown!

Having lunch.

Looks yummy.

This is also a space of commodity.

Though people do live and make a living here.

Tiong Bahru Pao!

Colourful drinks stall.

Yummy hawker food!

Touristy stalls.

Waiting for Tintin.

Ice cream with biscuit!

Another tourist souvenir stall.

Camera: Olympus XA2

Film: Agfa Vista 400

Singapore’s Little India in B/W

Posted on September 4, 2015September 1, 2015 by eddietay in About Singapore, Monochrome

These are b/w street photographs of Little India.

Think of these as a nod towards Aik Beng Chia’s work on Little India.

Check out his excellent work Tonight the Streets Are Ours here and here.

There’s definitely a strong sense of community here.

People are always in touch with one another.

Scenes of friendship.

Street scenes.

Joy of the streets.

The streets are institutionalized and framed.

That doesn’t mean we should stop searching and looking.

Camera: Olympus XA2

Film: Ilford XP2 400

Singapore Street Photography

Posted on September 1, 2015August 27, 2015 by eddietay in About Singapore, Monochrome

These are various snapshots in Singapore, with no particular order or theme in mind.

Though I must confess a significant number of images have to do with food…

He’s eating.

He’s texting.

He’s working really hard.

He’s buying.

I’m buying.

I’m buying some more.

These, I suppose, make up part of what Singapore is.

Camera: Olympus XA2

Film: Ilford XP2

Raffles Place Lunchtime

Posted on August 29, 2015August 28, 2015 by eddietay in About Singapore, Monochrome

That’s the courtyard between the 2 main exits of Raffles Place MRT station.

Lunchtime – that funny, in-between time that is part-leisure, part-work, part-consumption.

People relaxing.

Waiting.

Posing.

Catching up.

Having a smoke break.

All caught up and immersed in the ever-present, not too far away from a reminder from history, of how times have changed and will change again.

Thanks for reading!

Camera: Olympus XA2

Film: Ilford XP2

Building Singapore

Posted on August 26, 2015August 21, 2015 by eddietay in About Singapore

Lots of street shots to do with construction workers.

Quite literally, these are the people who built Singapore.

I grew up in Singapore, and even to me, the heat is too much at times.

So yes, this is hard work.

These were taken at various places.

The scenes are ubiquitous.

Singapore depends a lot on foreign labour.

Working behind the scenes.

So we have these.

Camera: Olympus XA 2

Film: Agfa Vista 400

Olympus XA2 at Brick Lane

Posted on August 21, 2015August 7, 2015 by eddietay in Monochrome

That’s part of a performance: it’s the London edition of Singapore: Inside Out.

The street composes itself.

Young artists.

Rectangular grids are easy to do.

The street is its own art.

The people and the streets are one.

Respect the street.

Thanks for reading!

Camera: Olympus XA2

Film: Ilford XP2 400

Street Photography and Tourism

Posted on August 17, 2015August 17, 2015 by eddietay in Uncategorized

I’ve set a challenge for myself – to do tourism slightly differently.

It’s a way of not spending money.

Go to touristy sites and look at tourists.

Turn that obligatory landmark photo into a street photograph.

And then suddenly, everyday life becomes intriguing.

Quiet moments are especially beautiful.

You could still be a tourist in the Tube.

Thanks for reading!

Camera: Olympus XA2

Film: Ilford XP2

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