it pays to carry a camera around...

[raytoei@gmail.com]

it pays to carry around a camera...

I am surprised how much easier it
is now to approach strangers to capture
a picture, even in our culture.

Of course, carrying a RF is slightly easier
as it is quite compact compared to a DSLR
and it doesn't lag like a P&S.

here are some examples from 2012:


Example #1
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I was stepping off the taxi going into
Mandarin Oriental when I saw this Bride
waiting for the wedding photographer.
I said "So Pretty", she smiled and I
took this shot.

Leica IIIf with 50 Summicron.
Film is Kodak Tri-X 400.
Exposure was way off, corrected in
post processing.

Example #2
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i was in Nex Mall, and I spot this mother
with baby. I asked her if I could snap
a picture, and she said yes.

Tri-X 400, M2 with 35 Cron.

Example #3
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I was Dhaka going to see a difficult client.
Next to the building there were these 2 women and their kids
begging by the road-side. i zone-focused at f11 (i think) and quickly snapped a shot
without framing.

Epson R-D1 with Nokton 35/f1.4

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Show us your Candid Shots!

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

this was like 5.30am on an Emirates flight to Islamabad Pakistan.

Three guys walked to the middle of the plane and started a call to prayer.

Soon it was joined by a whole lot of men and women who queued up

and took turns to pray.

I didn't care, i snapped away.

 

[grapejohnson]

my two personal favorites

my two personal favorites


"why did you have to order the big salad" by scottkessler, on Flickr

philadelphia by scottkessler, on Flickr

btw ray having trouble seeing yours.

 

[peewee]

Good shots and the grabbed intuitive ones are so rewarding when they work out.

I take my camera everywhere except on dog walks but regretted that recently..
Passing a rural bungalow, just a yard from me an elderly woman was putting some rubbish into her bin..she was about 90 and had the highest beehive haido i ever saw, deep red lipstick and an expression of disgust toward the bin..
I should get a film p+s for dog walks!

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

was meeting a client for lunch at Suntec for lunch,
while walking back, saw this shy guy with a fabulous
tattoo of tiger and dragon. i asked him politely and he
acquiesced.

M6 TTL with CV 35 f1.4
Polypan f 50.
PP to bring out the grains.

 

[Ronny]

Paris I

Paris by Ronny Persson, on Flickr

Paris II


Paris by Ronny Persson, on Flickr

Paris III


Paris by Ronny Persson, on Flickr

 

[maggieo]

The Famous Eddy Pula once said, "carrying a camera is an excuse to be curious."