Architecture in B&W
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The lighting is not much different from the rest. Strong early evening sun.
Kit
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Very nice!
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Not a problem with the questions.
I'm kinda post-rationalising now but the intention was to split the composition into 2 parts given the different amount of light that was reflecting off the facade. I would have preferred a little more shadowed area but that would means moving the edges of the building into the frame and neighbouring buildings creeping into the composition. That's something I don't like. I guess I could have gotten what I wanted with a longer lens but an 85mm was the only choice I had then.
I'm kinda post-rationalising now but the intention was to split the composition into 2 parts given the different amount of light that was reflecting off the facade. I would have preferred a little more shadowed area but that would means moving the edges of the building into the frame and neighbouring buildings creeping into the composition. That's something I don't like. I guess I could have gotten what I wanted with a longer lens but an 85mm was the only choice I had then.
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wow! amazing pictures....
Just few days back I found a box of b/w postcards from Singapore which I had received from movers years back, me to inform a new address to relatives etc. They are really good and I thought photographer must really know what she/he has been doing. Well, maybe they were your shots 
. The thing here is that most of us will test in PP how shot might look like b/w which sometimes sort of works but what a difference it makes with a talent like you when you go and plan to take a b/w shot. Everyone can see the difference from your shots. You are couraging me to follow as long time back before digital cameras I mostly shot b/w only as I could process them by myself in my dark room. And regarding your shots still, they could be printed as postcards, no problem. I will not miss this thread as I have done before.
. The thing here is that most of us will test in PP how shot might look like b/w which sometimes sort of works but what a difference it makes with a talent like you when you go and plan to take a b/w shot. Everyone can see the difference from your shots. You are couraging me to follow as long time back before digital cameras I mostly shot b/w only as I could process them by myself in my dark room. And regarding your shots still, they could be printed as postcards, no problem. I will not miss this thread as I have done before.
Kit
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Thanks.
I'm always inclined to search for simplicity in the composition, regardless of the design of the building. With the ambient lighting, I can isolate the building from its surrounding context or I can close in on the details. No stringent rules to follow. In essence, I work with simple compositions by isolating the elements I want to present. The decision to go B&W is to simplify the composition further, by removing colours which can be distracting at times. I feel that the buildings can be better represented this way. I really don't mind if the viewers can make out what they were looking at actually e.g. the Esplanade photos.
I have been doing this for about 10 years and it all started in Melbourne. I was given an assignment by a publisher in which I was requested to photograph a building in a minimalist manner so that it can work with the text which followed. The photo wasn't published eventually but I was paid nonetheless, so that was the first time someone paid me to take photos. Ironically, for me these photos do not possess much commercial value in Singapore but I still carry on with it as an interest. The underexposure, B&W treatment is something I started trying only recently though, in 2007.
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