Cardboard Collector
Fuji x100f, 35mm, f/9, 1/250s, ISO 200
You see a lot of old ladies collecting cardboard boxes in Hong Kong. That’s when you realise how little social safety net exists. Still, it’s one of the typical sights, here in Sai Ying Pun.
Offering Store
Fuji x100f, 35mm, f/4, 1/250s, ISO 200
Chung Yeung Festival is a remembrance day in Hong Kong when families will gather to remember loved ones who have passed away. It’s a day for burnt offerings of all sorts, and while wandering the streets of Sai Ying Pun, I stumbled upon this store specialising in such products.
Crossed Legs
Fuji x100f, 28mm
There’s a sports ground of sorts in Wan Chai around which people sit at all hours, usually reading their phones. Just like this guy. I quite like the perspective of this shot.
Miniature Street Shrine
Fuji x100f
One of the fascinating sights in Hong Kong is the public display of religious fervor, designed if I understand correctly to bring prosperity to business ventures. As a consequence you see a lot of burnings in front of shops, and during certain festivals even offerings of suckling pig and fruit. But these little shrines are there all year round and they’re my favourite.
Good Dog
Fuji xpro2, 75mm, f/8, 1/100s, ISO 320
Villa Borghese, early(ish) morning, hundreds of dogs being walked. What more needs to be said ?
Street Bellows
Fuji xpro2, 53mm, f/8, 1/100s, ISO 1000
Street musicians make for great photos. I was walking down the streets near the Jewish Quarter with my friend Lori who got us promptly lost. She was concerned about it, I wasn’t: what’s more fun than getting lost in the narrow streets of Rome at dusk? That’s when we stumbled upon this guy. A living piece of yesteryear.
Carabinieri
Fuji xpro2, 20mm, f/4, 1/350s ISO 200
I have only had my 10-24mm lens (15-36mm FF) for a few months, and it’s so wide that sometimes I don’t quite know what to do with it. In Rome though I shot a lot of street with it and loved the versatility that such a wide angle offers in narrow, crowded streets. It also allows shooting « unsuspecting » targets like this policeman (who may or may not actually be a Carabinieri, but I like the name too much not to use it…)
Cycling from the Law
Fuji xpro2, 45mm, f/8, 1/160s, ISO 200
The Rome courthouse is a rather grand building, and I was getting ready to take a shot of it when these two cyclists came around and generously enhanced my composition.
Out the Door
Fuji xpro2, 25mm, f/4, 1/140s, ISO 200
I have this fascination for old doors, and so walking around Rome and enthused by the wonderful light, I was on the lookout for nice doors and door related scenes. I was standing in front of this door just as it opened and this lady came out. Magical moment.
Canal Grocery Store
Fuji x100f, 35mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 500
There’s a whole parallel economy going on on the canals of Bangkok. More often than not it seems you’re not going to the grocery store, the grocery store is coming to you. But they’ve got to stock up somewhere…
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