Count Me In Too

Same child… same place… same event… but a different pose 🙂
Candid, people photography

Same child… same place… same event… but a different pose 🙂

If you’ve been following my work here, you’d realise that one of my favourite angles for candid/photojournalistic pictures is to adopt a top-down, high vantage-point approach. One of the best places to get this is at the Tekka Market in Little India. I made my first visit to this place in 2003 for photography and have gone on repeated trips many times since. The market has undergone some renovations since my last visit sometime back. Luckily, the vantage point from the 2nd level of the market has been preserved, although the tungsten lighting that used to light up the place has been changed to energy-saving (read bland) fluorescent ones, making the tones less rich and vibrant.

As mentioned in my previous post, the Ngrupuk parade is held prior to Nyepi day in Bali. A competition was held for the ogoh-ogoh on parade in Denpasar. The event was full of pomp and pageantry during which many colourful and candid pictures could be taken. I was pretty happy that I managed to capture the above candid picture of one of the performers.