*Drying Fish*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Ferrania P30
Ferrania P30 is very contrasty, especially on a bright and sunny day, but it has this old timey quality that makes it perfect for shots of the traditional Hong Kong. These frames of drying fish, just laid out in the street by the harbor in Cheung Chau are part of the charm of that island, and I really like how this image taken in 2021 could have been taken 50 years ago or more.
*Cardboard Stack*
Rollefliex SL35 + Lomography Fantome 8
I know this image is nothing to write home about, but it’s soooooo Hong Kong. I’ve not seen this kind of cardboard collection anywhere except here, so see it as a documentary photography (that’s my excuse for it being bland!)
*Pawn Shop*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Lomography Fantome 8
One of my favourite walls and sign in Hong Kong, the old pawn shop sign. The sign is designed to look like an upside down bat holding a coin. That is because, apparently, in cantonese where there are a lot of near homonyms (characters pronounced nearly the same with a slight tone variation), ‘upside down bat’ sounds virtually identical to ‘good fortune has arrived’!
*Snail Mail*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Lomography Fantome 8
One of the things I love about Fantome 8 is that even mild contrasts between sun patches and shadow result in very dynamic images. In this picture I used that to my advantage by shooting my favourite Hong Kong feature: the iron store curtains!
*One More Tram*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Lomography Fantome 8
I love trams in Hong Kong, but I often feel I’ve done them to death… Shooting with Fantome 8, I could only shoot high contrast and slow moving (or not moving) trams, and this one came out really nice. I love how it’s decorated.
*Incense & Bokeh*
Canon EOS300 + Lomography Fantome 8
OK, so I plead guilty: I have shot this particular frame many times, and besides being a very Hong Kong thing, I can’t say that there’s anything special about this composition. I do like how the high contrast and shallow depth of field combine here to deliver a moody image.
*Jungle Stairs*
Fuji GW690iii + Fuji Provia 100
There’s something about the stairwells that you find on trails all around Hong Kong that I just love. Even if for the most part they are concrete stairs that shouldn’t blend in with their surroundings, I find that the creeping grass and vines make them blend anyway.
*Buddhist Lipstick*
Fuji GW690iii + Kodak Ektar 100
One of the most striking features of all these buddha statues at the 10000 Buddhas Monastery was the red paint on their lips. I kinda like it!
*Meditation Stick*
Fuji GW690iii + Fuji Provia 100F
Shooting with 100 ISO film is constraining. Especially on a sunny day with some shadows, since you always have to arbitrate on your depth of field as well as on what you want to come through exposure wise. This shot was super shallow, but I really like the end result even though my wife would probably say there’s too much blur!
*Fractured Official*
Fuji GW690iii + Kodak Ektar 100
One of the things I love with the GW690 is the amount of detail it renders. The cracks on the paint of this buddhist statue fascinated me, and I love how they were captured in the image.
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