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superb photo, outstanding story behind it!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I saw her diminutive frame straining to push the overloaded cart up an incline, so I offered my rather clumsy assistance.
I doubt she really required or desired help and was simply too polite to decline. She definitely seemed more amused than appreciative.
We struck up an easy conversation and she told me that she pushes her cart from Potong Pasir to Toa Payoh daily.
She sells the junk she salvages from dumpsters and rubbish-bins and on a good-run she gets about $5
artspraken
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merelyok said:
I like this pic very much
great photojournalism :thumbsup:
Took the same approach as how i would for normal street shooting - got my gears set, quick observance of the surrounding, move in from an angle, frame, shoot and move on.
I did try to avoid shooting the pimps with the chicks, that would be provacative I'm sure but in anycase, I was shooting light, just the m8 with a compact lens strapped to my right hand via the silk cord and I was prepared to run if needed! haha
Thanks bro!
Nice set bro!
I saw her diminutive frame straining to push the overloaded cart up an incline, so I offered my rather clumsy assistance.
I doubt she really required or desired help and was simply too polite to decline. She definitely seemed more amused than appreciative.
We struck up an easy conversation and she told me that she pushes her cart from Potong Pasir to Toa Payoh daily.
She sells the junk she salvages from dumpsters and rubbish-bins and on a good-run she gets about $5
Lovely one, Phil!
pixelbrain
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a few recent shots - m8 with Avenon 28/3.5
me likey!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
jonmanjiro
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I was lucky enough to see this scene while sight seeing in Riga, Latvia. These guys were just hamming it up for the photographer, but it was a lot of fun to watch. It was raining and pretty dark so not the best conditions for shooting Velvia 50. This shot was taken at f/1.4 and a barely acceptable shutter speed. Didn't turn out too badly considering.
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jonmanjiro
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a few recent shots - m8 with Avenon 28/3.5
A great shot indeed! Love that shaking hand
I just got an Avenon 28/3.5. Can't wait to try it out
Thedraperyfalls
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Hi guys, thanks for the kind words.
A better photographer and a wiser individual once told me that it's heartless to just shoot and go.
He asked us what goes through our minds when we see the old folks in Chinatown.
So everyone said things like 'nostalgic', 'quaint', 'cute', 'playing chess', and I said they looked like 'great photo opportunities'.
He then told us that we should all be ashamed of ourselves. He's from the States and is very vocal and opinionated.
These old folks, he said, are lonely and probably alone - that's why they are there.
He said that they helped built Singapore and this is how they spent their last years - alone and poor.
And what we should do is to give them some of our time, ask if they need help or food -
And once we get to know them, not only will be make their day, we will also feel better, and will get better photographs.
Because you are shooting up-close and personal.
I'm not saying that this way of doing things is the best, it is obviously just a facet of the complex routes photography can take.
But certainly it warrants some consideration.
Pure, unadulterated street moments are still some of the my favorite images to view and seek.
But I just try not to shoot and leave when it comes to evidently impoverished old folks.
A better photographer and a wiser individual once told me that it's heartless to just shoot and go.
He asked us what goes through our minds when we see the old folks in Chinatown.
So everyone said things like 'nostalgic', 'quaint', 'cute', 'playing chess', and I said they looked like 'great photo opportunities'.
He then told us that we should all be ashamed of ourselves. He's from the States and is very vocal and opinionated.
These old folks, he said, are lonely and probably alone - that's why they are there.
He said that they helped built Singapore and this is how they spent their last years - alone and poor.
And what we should do is to give them some of our time, ask if they need help or food -
And once we get to know them, not only will be make their day, we will also feel better, and will get better photographs.
Because you are shooting up-close and personal.
I'm not saying that this way of doing things is the best, it is obviously just a facet of the complex routes photography can take.
But certainly it warrants some consideration.
Pure, unadulterated street moments are still some of the my favorite images to view and seek.
But I just try not to shoot and leave when it comes to evidently impoverished old folks.
Thedraperyfalls
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a few recent shots - m8 with Avenon 28/3.5
This one is power!
Sleeping old man and angry old man. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
A great shot indeed! Love that shaking hand
I just got an Avenon 28/3.5. Can't wait to try it out
Thanks guys!!!
BTW, if anyone is keen to try out the avenon, i saw a rebranded Kobalux 28/3.5 in chrome at the triangle this afternoon! :sweat:
Nice one Jon... its as if you're the main photographer!
third3rdwheel
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a few recent shots - m8 with Avenon 28/3.5
Not bad, he actually waved goodbye LOL
Hi guys, thanks for the kind words.
A better photographer and a wiser individual once told me that it's heartless to just shoot and go.
He asked us what goes through our minds when we see the old folks in Chinatown.
So everyone said things like 'nostalgic', 'quaint', 'cute', 'playing chess', and I said they looked like 'great photo opportunities'.
He then told us that we should all be ashamed of ourselves. He's from the States and is very vocal and opinionated.
These old folks, he said, are lonely and probably alone - that's why they are there.
He said that they helped built Singapore and this is how they spent their last years - alone and poor.
And what we should do is to give them some of our time, ask if they need help or food -
And once we get to know them, not only will be make their day, we will also feel better, and will get better photographs.
Because you are shooting up-close and personal.
I'm not saying that this way of doing things is the best, it is obviously just a facet of the complex routes photography can take.
But certainly it warrants some consideration.
Pure, unadulterated street moments are still some of the my favorite images to view and seek.
But I just try not to shoot and leave when it comes to evidently impoverished old folks.
well said :thumbsup:
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