Fleeting moments frozen in time
I enjoy Body Combat classes at the gym two to three times a week. Once a year, my gym club will organise a Mega Combat event at the Suntec City Fountain of Wealth as a membership promotional event. For the past couple of years, I have not been able to attend these mass workouts due to work. This year, I was torn between wanting to take pictures of the mega-event versus joining in the work-out. Guess which activity I chose in the end… 😛
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.
Until I get out to take some new pictures, here are some from the older archives…
The above shot was taken at the Bang Pu Seaside, about 10 km from the town of Bangkok on Sukhumvit Road, during the same session as this shot. I was very lucky to have caught this decisive moment just right before the flying gull landed. Just as well that the other two were posing pretty on the two other steps of the “podium” 🙂