Traditional Olive Seller

Lip Seng


A very traditional olive seller strolls along the busy pedestrian mall of Guangzhou, China. The seller usually dresses up in the traditional attire and by playing the suona horn (唢呐) to attract buyers. To me, it is a traditional culture of Cantonese that is hard to come by in the modern world. When I captured this image, the lighting condition was rather poor. I have simplified the back drop with the black and white treatment in order to create good contrast for this colourful image.

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Lip Seng


Most probably, you were taught that top lighting angle is usually not suitable for photography. To me, occasionally there are exceptions. Such as shown here, the top lighting has created a perfect rim light effect for one of the workers. In addition, the reflected light gave an unusual fill in on the faces. All these factors attracted me to capture this image during my visit to Guangzhou, China, in 2017.