“But, I’m old enough to join you guys!”
Anyone want to contribute for a guestblog entry? I have got at least two more lined up so far, but have not received their replies to my email-interviews.
Meanwhile, here’s a shot from New Year’s Day in 2004… I caught this at the Upper Seletar Reservoir off Mandai Road. This group of people from a local “Briskwalker”-club was gathering after their walk. I caught this decisive moment of a young boy looking up seemingly in protest. I imagine it might be because of his age (or rather the lack of) when it came to joining the group’s activities.
Nice expression on the kid. What lens do you use for your candid shots? I am quite apprehensive of shooting candids in SG.
I have been guilty of not responding. But, going by your previous guestblog entries, I have a long way to go before qualifying. 🙁
Thanks, ashwin. There’s no “qualifying criteria” 🙂 Anyway, these day, I use more of my 70-200mm f/4 L these days for candids. The above was taken with a 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS.
This is another of your top-down approach? =) I find that this one if more disorganised than your other market shots . The low level evening lighting also contributes to the downfall of this photo. Definitely not one of my favourites.
Anyway, there has been much debate about using tele lens for candid shots on whether it is ethical or not. Alot have been said on chromasia or the other more popular europe photoblogs and i’ve been struggling with it recently. I wonder what you think about shooting people in the “dark” and how ethical it can actually get to post someone’s photo on the blog without his/her knowledge?
Thanks jcyrhs 🙂 I don’t see the lighting as a “downfall”. In fact, it’s the lighting that attracted me in the first place to take the picture. I find that it highlighted the face of the boy very nicely, providing a focus of interest in the whole picture. Had the lighting been higher, the whole picture would have ended up flat and featureless. Regarding the ethics, I have no qualms at all if the picture was taken in a public place. Of course, selling the picture is another matter altogether, but putting it up on a photoblog, I’m OK with that. Just my opinion…