The Hari Raya Haji prayers sessions always provide good opportunities for candid shots. This was one of the images that I took at one of these occasions. Using Photoshop, I desaturated most of the area of the image except the centre of interest.
This is a study of lines and patterns of light and shadows that I found at Labrador Park in Singapore in 1974. The young man (now he is COL NS Yun Ta Chun), one of my students in Canon photography course, was asked to pose to add as human interest to the whole image. A colour derivation with violet diazochrome film was created to give a contemporary touch. This image was awarded the Fran Clemence Medal of the 13th S4C International Salon, USA, held in 1976.
I found this worksite along the Jurong River during one of my Sunday outings when I took my students of the “Canon Photography Course” for a photographic outing there. The volunteer (one of my students) was posed as the worker. Litho film was montaged to the original to create the dramatic impact of the image. This is one of my studies of composition, colour and decisive moment with a contemporary approach. The image won a Silver Medal at the 30th Buenos Aires International Salon, Argentina, held in 1975.