Category: Candid

Candid, people photography

On The Busy Street Where He Sleeps

Another image from the archives that will be making its way to Romania for an invitational exhibition…

Written December 27th 2003…

I was about to pack my bags up for the night after an uneventful shoot when I chanced upon this old man lying on his trishaw opposite the Raffles Hotel. It was a wonder that he was able to sleep so peacefully along the busy street with cars whizzing by and pedestrians crossing the road! Taken on a tripod with a 15 second exposure to create the impression of an oasis of quiet and peace amidst a sea of chaos.

Exposure info: Camera Model Name: Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL | Shooting Date/Time: 27/12/03 20:43:38 | Shooting Mode: Manual | Shutter Speed: 15 sec | Aperture f/29 | Metering Mode: Center-weighted averaging | ISO Speed: 400 | Lens: 18.0 – 55.0mm | Focal Length: 28.0mm | Image Quality: RAW | Flash: Off | White Balance: Auto | Drive Mode: Single-frame shooting

Working On The Schematics


Another shot that will be featured at the upcoming exhibition in Romania… This was taken in March 2004. My thoughts then:

Another shot of the construction activity going on at the Singapore Management University site at Bras Basah, right in the heart of town. The brilliantly-lit worker caught my eye as he got to work securing the scaffold-frame as well as the lines and patterns formed by the rest of the scaffolding. I have processed the picture in Photoshop to bring out the impact of the lone worker, and at the same time, stylizing the scaffold framework to give a schematic-feel to it. Some people are no doubt going to hate the processing while others may like it. As they say, art is subjective 😛

As it stands, subjectively speaking, this shot was well-liked by at least two salons: it got a honourable mention at the 3rd Suncoast Virtual Exhibition last year, as well as an acceptance at the Tropical Image 2005 Exhibition 🙂

Early Catch In The Morning Mist

The above is another picture that I made an enlargement print of in preparation for an overseas exhibition I am taking part with my dad in Romania later this year. This was featured in my old photoblog more than a year ago on 25 Apr 2004:

This morning, I made a return visit to this spot in Mandai, Singapore where I took Gone Fishing a year ago. This time round, there were not one, but two (!) anglers trying out for their first catch of the day in the morning mist. Of course, they ended up as my catches of the morning where photography was concerned! Exposure was tricky definitely given the large difference in exposure between the dark and light areas of the shot. I like the mood of the morning mist contrasting with the strong silhouettes of the men.

Exposure information: Camera – Canon EOS 300D Digital, ISO – 200, Exposure time – 1/125 sec, Aperture – f/13.0, Flash – off, Focal Length 90mm, Lens – Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Exposure Program – Manual, Metering Mode – Center Weighted, Auto Focus Mode – AI Focus