*Phony Smile*
Rolleiflex 3.5 + Lomography Lomo 800
This unconvincing smile seemed particularly incongruous in the middle of a Mui Wo village…
Cardboard Stack
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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.
Public Service Announcement
*Public Service Announcement*
Canon EOS300 + Lomography Fantome 8
In my quest for tiny details, I stumbled upon this message glued on a duct. I like how the shallow depth of field and the shadows make it look like a pumpkin. And the message, while harsh, is (still) necessary.
Upwards!
*Upwards!*
Canon EOS300 + Lomography Fantome 8
When you’re shooting super shallow, deciding where your focus point is becomes a crucial compositional decision. What you have in the background is also crucially important and can make a difference. Here I tried to capture the verticality of the city in a different way. Let me know if you think it worked!
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