Category: Candid

Candid, people photography

“But, I’m old enough to join you guys!”

'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.

“More Coke, please?”

"More Coke, please?"
Another long exposure effort… This particular picture was taken together with the previous one outside the ba kwa store in Chinatown. I had a hard time thinking of a title for this one. Luckily, CY came to the rescue once again with a short, but succinct title 😉

One of the alternatives we came out with was “1:3”, which can mean either: 1) One handphone to three persons, 2) One Coca-Cola to three or, 3) One umbrella for three people :P. I decided to stick with “More Coke, please?” since that came across as simple and punchy :D. What do you think?

Please Q Here

Please Q Here
As the Chinese (Lunar) New Year approaches, Chinatown becomes a bustle of activity with people checking out the festive goodies and bargains, or just soaking in the atmosphere. I made my almost obligatory yearly sojourn to Chinatown yesterday in search of pictures 🙂

Singaporeans are crazy over ba kwa, or barbeque dried pork, which is eaten as one of the festive goodies for the season. Ba kwa prices can go up to more than S$40 per kg at this time of the year, with the queues spilling into the streets and people waiting up to more than an hour for their turn to buy their share. This particular picture was taken outside one of the most popular ba kwa shop in Chinatown. I guess playing with his mobile phone was all the guy could do in the queue to keep himself occupied while waiting for his purchase.