Candid, people photography
Much of my late-2010 trip to Shanghai was all about attending a work conference. I did manage to squeeze in some candid photography before I headed home. The urban setting in Shanghai lends a different mood to candid shots compared to the more rural surroundings in Bali.
Continuing with the Bali series, this is another candid shot that I caught in the village of Tenganan. Bali was so chock-full of subjects for candid photography. This compensated nicely for the lack of dramatic lighting for landscape photography during our trip.
If you have been visiting my blog of late, you might have noticed some upgrades here and there, from social media & Facebook integration, to Google Maps referencing, EXIF information display and subtle interface changes. I hope you enjoy these upgrades the way I have enjoyed coding them in 🙂
One of my intentions of visiting Bali this time round was to catch up on beautiful landscapes and sunsets which my father seem to pick up readily whenever he journeys there. Unfortunately, the beautiful sunsets never showed up on the trip. Perhaps, the recent volcanic ash clouds from nearby erupting Mount Bromo might have something to do with it? Nevertheless, Bali was abundant of candid (and colourful) shots to catch! The above was taken at the market that leads to the viewpoint at Tanah Lot. I never caught the sunset I was expecting there. Despite this, I was pretty happy with some of the pictures I caught there.
Update: Check out this cool new feature on this photoblog — click on the red icon at the top-left corner of each picture (when available) and get a instant interactive Google Map that shows where the picture was taken! The feature is enabled via a WordPress plug-in called Geotagphoto. Further development of the plug-in by the author seemed to have stopped, but I was able to modify and hack the original for my purpose 🙂