Candid, people photography
More rustic scenes from my visit to Bromo… Similar to my previous post, this was taken at one of the villages in the Ceromo Lawang area. As we were heading up one of the paths, I caught a glimpse of this villager moving through the crop fields gathering her harvest. I managed to squeeze off a couple of quick shots while she worked. This is my favourite of the few I took. Dad has an alternative version of this with a wider view which I like very much too.
Local Tenggerese tribe members operate the horse rides that take visitors up the slopes of Mount Bromo. There were many of them volunteering to take people on their ascent and descent along the powdery (from volcanic sulphuric ash) slopes of Mount Bromo. They became the main subjects of many of our candid shots :). I like this particular one because it seemed to be telling a story. I am not sure what the actual exact conversation was but I think the above caption seems appropriate 😛
Dad has been reluctant to give up the comforts of slide film photography especially since he is so accustomed to the high quality he can achieve with his Leica lenses for so many years. Switching to a digital SLR in the past would have entailed having to give up his beloved collection of lenses. He finally took the plunge yesterday though by purchasing a Leica Digital Module R that converts his existing R8 to a digital SLR system. We went out this morning with the intention of testing out the Digital R at Little India in Singapore. Unfortunately, bad weather saw us ending up at Tekka Market instead. Adopting what James has described as my “signature angle”, I came back with a few interesting shots, with the above being one of my most favourite. Do take a look at my dad’s photoblog soon for some of his pictures taken with the Leica Digital R.