Martin Liew PhotoBlog

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Manfrotto moves

Manfrotto has redesigned one of its best selling professional tripods by making some adjustments in its operation. The Manfrotto 055XPROB now features a center column that can be moved to its horizontal position without having to be dissembled. By simply extending the column, it can be released and swung into its horizontal position quickly and easily.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Chinese Tea Master

The Chinese Tea Master is at work. I made this small series of photographs about a week ago at Geylang East Home For The Aged. They were celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival in the neighborhood of Aljunied. This is an annual event and it was my first time taking part in voluntary work for the organiser, Mr. Walter Lee who is the person in charge of all the event set-up and co-ordinations. Briefly speaking, I got to know Mr Lee during my first particpation of Eye The City 2005 in Bencoolen Street. Last year I was asked to help but unfortunately due to the serious hazy period, I fell ill and unwell. I couldn't make it as I had promised Mr Lee. Well in a word, I felt bad about it so this year I made a point to come back to help him taking photographs. Of cuz for the cause of good deeds.

As everyone was preparing and setting up for the evening program, I wandered around taking photographs. They have games for the kids on the opposite side of the main stage, which is about 50 meters away. I'll post up some of those fun photographs soon.

In between these 2 areas, there's a short passage where they have had stalls on Art & Craft and Gardening. I will also post up some of the photographs here. Well I don't think I would want to put up any of the main stage photographs as they aren't as interesting as the photographs I took of the others.

Coming back to these 5 photographs, I consider them to be my favorites and best pictures for that day. It was a pity I didn't get to know more about the Tea Master, but I'm sure one day I'll do a short interview with him and more better portraitures of him as well.

© 2007 Martin Liew Photography.
Nikon FM10 on Ilford XP2 Super • Tamron 17-35mm

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Sleeping Dog

It was an early Sunday morning when I came across this sleeping dog lying confortably by the backdoor. Sleeping very soundly. Zzz...

Monday, September 17, 2007

River Cleanliness

I was walking around the Esplanade Garden and saw this boat anchored at the Signapore River. The man was using the sea water to clean up his boat. It's unlike those tourist boat, which in fact its purpose is to pick up trashes found on the river. Somehow there are always rubbish dumped into the river and eveyrwhere, of cuz by inconsiderate people, be it locals or foreigners.

It's really good to live in a healthy and clean environment, but it's so often been taken for granted by every single being living in this small country. Sad but true.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

F*#K BUSH!

I came across this shop along Bali Lane. It was a Sunday so the shop is closed. As I looked into the shop window, I saw this written note pinned on the wall behind the cashier counter, that says, "If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad." - Malcolm X. I guess this message is going against the US President George Bush for his decision to go to war in Iraq. Recently Bush has decided to withdraw all his troops there. Well that's politics.