Monday, June 11, 2018

Street Photo – Untitled

Untitled
RICOH GR II – f/3.5 1/800 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 100
DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW
with further enhancement in Color Efex Pro 4

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Street Photo – Street Peddler with a Toy Gun

Street Peddler with a Toy Gun
RICOH GR II – f/2.8 1/500 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 400
Color JPEG post-processed in Snapseed and
further enhancement in Silverefex Pro 2

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Street Photo – Samsui Mural

Samsui Mural
RICOH GR II – f/2.8 1/500 sec. ISO 250
Color JPEG post-processed in Snapseed

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Street Photo – Morning Tiger City (Xiamen)


This photo was taken last Tuesday 15 May 2018 at a McDonald's restaurant in a coastal city, Xiamen (China). The restaurant is located at Tiger City shopping mall second level. Captured with my iPhone 6 Plus in Camera+ app, and post-processed in Snapseed.

Friday, April 27, 2018

Street Photo – So Much For Coverage

So Much For Coverage
RICOH GR II – f/2.8 1/500 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 140
Color DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Street Photo – Men in the Mirror (Panorama)

Men in the Mirror
HORIZON PERFEKT | 28mm | settings not recorded | Kodak Tri-X 400 | Developed in Kodak D76 1:1 dilution @ 20°C for 9 minutes | Negative scanned on EPSON Perfection V700 Photo | Post-processed in Photoshop

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Street Photo – Rain in the Ashtray

Rain in the Ashtray
RICOH GR II – f/2.8 1/500 sec. -0.3 EV ISO 280
Color JPEG post-processed and converted to black and white in Snapseed

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Street Photo – Little Balloon


Street Photo – decisivE Moment


Saw this person running in fancy gestures, so I thought it would be interesting to take continuous shots of her and hope to get one acceptable shot, but somehow only one shot was captured. At first look on the LCD screen, the photo looks kind of uninteresting as her body posture looks like walking instead of running. Then I zoomed in on her feet and found that both feet are off the ground. On closer look on her chubby face, her facial expression shows she was rushing for something as her right hand was holding a piece of paper which I couldn't make up what it was.

So I decided to crop this photo for a portrait orientation and titled it decisivE Moment with the last alphabet letter 'E' in capital because of that letter 'E' on her top.

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Street Photo – Incognito Mode

RICOH GR II – f/5.6 1/2000 sec. -0.3EV ISO 200
Color DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW and
converted to black and white in Silver Efex Pro 2

Street Photo – Teens Excitement

RICOH GR II – f/3.5 1/60 sec. -0.3EV ISO 400
Color DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW and
converted to black and white in Silver Efex Pro 2

Street Photo – In The Shade

RICOH GR II – f/5.6 1/1500 sec. -0.3EV ISO 400
Color DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW and
converted to black and white in Silver Efex Pro 2

Street Photo – Untitled

RICOH GR II – f/5.6 1/350 sec. -0.3EV ISO 400
Color DNG post-processed in Photoshop Camera RAW and
converted to black and white in Silver Efex Pro 2

My New RICOH GR II

Two weeks ago, I got my hands on a new toy – RICOH GR II. Yes the most favourite compact point-n-shoot digital camera beloved by many street photographers. The main reason for getting this camera is that I want a small and unobtrusive camera for daily street shootings and to take up the task of shooting for my Not Quite Night project.


This camera is so light in weigh and yet feels so solid good on my palm. Its ergonomic design on the hand grip is comfortable and the furnishing is pretty nice too. I'm not doing a review here as there are many rave reviews on the internet and Youtube. After recharging the camera battery for 3.5 hours, I was so juiced up and hit the streets in the late evening for some low light shootings. Like a beginner with his first camera, I shot almost anything that caught my attention. Well, 99% of the street photos are failures and I'm still learning to master the shooting techniques as I'm used to shoot cameras with viewfinder. Two weeks later today, I never leave home without my GR II. I'm still learning and begin to get the hang out of it.

Below are a mixture of photos I made in the day and in low light condition. I must admit I really like this palm-size compact point-n-shoot camera. Make the jump to view them.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Saturday, August 12, 2017

Street Photo – Wilted Out


I was sitting at a bus stop waiting for my bus when I saw this wilted leaf by my feet. So I took out my iPhone and made this shot on Camera+ app and post-processed it in Snapseed and Adobe Lightroom mobile app. Added warmth tone to near sepia for more depth and 3D effect. The warm tone certainly is ideal and appropriate for the wilted state of the leaf.