The Lunar New Year arrives this Sunday…
It is customary for all Chinese families to sit down for Reunion Dinner on New Year’s Eve. I’ll be having mine one day earlier this time round as I will be at work this Saturday. I will definitely be at home on New Year’s Day （年åˆä¸€ï¼‰ to receive hongbaos (last year for me to receive them before I start giving them out in 2007 ;)). In the meantime, here’s a picture from the cheery decorations around Chinatown 🙂
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.
The final image from my successful Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS) panel which I submitted in September 2003… and the inspiration for my yearly visits to Chinatown during Chinese New Year 🙂
This was taken during Chinese New Year in 2003 in Chinatown, Singapore. Photoshop filter effects? No, just the simple use of a tripod and setting the shutter to expose for 2 seconds. The ice-cream man and his customers remained relatively sharp compared to the busy crowd around them which was blurred out because of the long shutter speed. This help to convey the idea of an oasis of calm in a sea of chaos.