*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.
*Iron Teeth*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Ferrania P30
I love Hong Kong iron curtains. Many shops have these, some are very ornate, others, like this one here, as simpler. Few however have a set of jagged teeth like this one has (although only on certains days and at a certain time).
*Latticed*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Ferrania P30
Ever since I started photography seriously I have been fascinated with doors: old doors, unusual doors, ornate doors… I don’t quite know why, the idea of entering or exiting probably speaks to me on an unconscious level. A few months ago I spent an afternoon in Cheung Chau and discovered plenty of doors worth looking into.
*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!
*Street Sign*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Lomography Fantome 8
Hong Kong is filled with visual signage. In fact, you could say it’s overfilled with it, a proper assault on the senses. So it’s quite refreshing to see handwritten signs once in a while. No idea what this says though…
*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.
*Quietly in the Shadows*
Canon EOS300 + Lomography Fantome 8
One of the wonderful (or treacherous) things with Fantome 8 is how dark even a mild shadow comes out. When I shot this I imagined the face of the statue mildly draped in shadows. The zebra look was unexpected and is amazing, I think. It’s just a matter of anticipating it.
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