Category: Candid

Candid, people photography

Waiting For A Ride To School

Waiting For A Ride To School
I remember seeing a boy walking to school on my way to Lake Batur during my trip to Bali in 2010. The same boy was still walking on the road to school when we made our way back from the lake after two hours of photography! I think we should consider ourselves lucky in Singapore where relatively cheap and accessible public transport is considered a basic right. These two girls were a little luckier compared to the boy we saw last year — at least they managed to hitch a ride to school shortly after this picture was taken 🙂

Feeding Time At A Bedugul Market

Feeding Time At A Bedugul Market

One of the intimidating things about candid photography is summoning one’s courage to unabashedly point the camera at the subject of interest. Depending on the culture of the local society, you might be rewarded by unwelcome stares, or worse still, swears and curses from the subjects involved. One thing about the Balinese is that they are often quite happy to have their pictures taken, to the extent that the mother in the above scene was even able to breastfeed comfortably in public, and despite knowing that our cameras were trained on her and her child. Taken at a traditional market in the Bedugul area (click the geotag icon on the top left of the picture to see the location).

Sharing A Backstage SMS

Sharing A Backstage SMS
We arrived a little late for the Kecak Dance performance at Uluwatu during our recent trip to Bali. The ushers were kind enough to let us sit right next to the performance area knowing that we wanted to take pictures. This area turned up to be perfect in the end as we could see the activity happening backstage even during the performance. The above candid moment made it worthwhile even if it meant that I did not get a good angle to take pictures of the actual dance performance.