*Two Elephants*
Ricoh GR1 + Kodak T-Max 400
As I was wandering around the Bangkok Chinatown on this hot and sweaty day I stumbled on this building. I found the mural quite fantastic and so Thailand that I had to take a shot. Really pleased of how it came out.
*Don’t Mess With the Law!*
Canon A2 + Ilford FP4+
Looking back, I probably did not ever have a single roll as successful in terms of good / meh shot ratio than that single roll of FP4+ I shot in Dublin in June 2013. The weather was fantastic, and I spent a good amount of time walking around the Trinity College campus. One of the things that caught my eye was this copper talking what I assumed was the guard, framed by these two massive columns.
*Barbershop Paraphernalia*
Canon A2 + Ilford FP4+
A few weeks ago, having been immersed in my xpan shots for a while, I started revisiting older film photos that might benefit from a 65×24 framing like that of the xpan. I found this picture of a barbershop window quite adequate for that framing, that I call fauxpan.
*The Ceremony*
Ricoh GR1 + JCH 400
Tin Hau Temple is just down the road from me, and I walk through the temple grounds to go to the subway station. Usually, it’s the same old sights, but one Sunday a few weeks ago there was clearly a festival going on, with big papier mâché effigies and lots of decorations. And there were these five people chanting just by the temple entrance. I don’t know what the ceremony was and I certainly didn’t want to disturb them, but the robe struck me and I took a quick shot with my discreet Ricoh GR1. Colour film would have been better, probably, but there’s an « old China » feel to this one conveyed by black and white that I quite like nonetheless.
*Lost in Translation*
Ricoh GR1 + Kodak T-Max 400
Sai Kung really is a place apart in Hong Kong. There are lots of stores there that would not survive anywhere else in Hong Kong, selling organic wine, or bulk foods with no packaging. As I was walking past this butchery store, I was struck by this Chinese man trying to decipher a French poster detailing beef cuts.
*The Iron Lady*
Canon 7D
By sharing this photo I may be doing something illegal. Because of intellectual property rules (that I frankly consider stupid) the night lights of the Eiffel Towers are IP protected. That’s correct, not the tower itself, but the lights. Oh well, that won’t stop me from taking shots of the tower and sharing them (at least until they sue me…)
*Dublin in a Sphere*
Canon A2 + Ilford FP4+
I can’t for the life of me remember exactly what I shot here. I remember it was a sunny day in Dublin, and I think it was a silver sphere in a shot window but looking at the photo I’m not quite sure. Still, there’s something properly surreal about this (undoctored) photo, so I thought I’d share it.
*Stiff Salute*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Cinestill BWXX250
I must admit I wasn’t overly impressed with the Cinestill BWXX250. The film was not contrasty enough for my taste, and very grainy for a 250 ASA film. Still, from the roll of BWXX I shot in Paris, I kept that one because of the composition, the pantheon at the horizon and the long afternoon shadows of the trees over the Jardin du Luxembourg.
*Panthéon*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Cinestill BWX250)
I got some gorgeous weather in Paris for a February month when I was there, and had my XPAN with me at all times. I walked a lot and this shot of the Panthéon in the 5th arrondissement was one of my favourites.
*Masked*
Fuji XT2 + Kentmere 400
So our assignment on this street photography workshop in Sham Shui Po was to get one portrait and three good shots. I (barely) got that from three rolls, which says a lot about how much I have to progress in my street photography. This (as you will undoubtedly have understood) is the portrait I got. I like the subject, the composition makes no real use of the wideness of the shot, but one step at a time !
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