*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.
*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.
*Stairs in the Wild*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Fujicolor C200
A lot of the hiking paths on Hong Kong Island have stairs here and there (indeed some are nothing but stairs) and they usually jar with the wild surroundings, but the gentle curve of this particular set of stairs seemed appropriately wild itself…
*Tram within Tram*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Fuji C200
I’ve always loved frame within frame shots, but they’re not easy to pull off. I’m retrospectively surprised I never tried this shot before, when the trams are lined up one after the other. I wish there’d been people in the second tram, but even without them there something about this shot that works, I think.
*Glorious Fast Food*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Kodak T-Max 400
There’s lots of street art in Central if you know where to look. I loved how the light was hitting this little street food stall’s painted wall.
*Afternoon Light*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Kodak T-Max 400
There’s a wall alongside this stairwell in the lower reaches of Sheung Wan that looks amazing in early after light. I’ve tried to take the shot many times but every time I go there there are cars parked in front and the effect of the long shadows of the vents on the white wall is ruined. I happened to walk past later in the afternoon one day and was simply enraptured by the light itself on the wall. It’s one of those quiet shots that doesn’t say much except that it’s quiet and all’s well for a moment…
*Reduce Speed Now*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Kodak T-Max 400
One of the fun aspects of street photography is to hunt for visual or cognitive clashes. This sign in the middle of a derelict pedestrian district was such a clash.
*Advert Wall*
Rolleiflex SL35 + Kodak T-Max 400
In the last few months I’ve taken to exploring the alleyways of Hong Kong, those narrow pedestrian passages between two high buildings where much more life happens than what one would imagine at first (and I don’t just mean cockroaches, although there are certainly a lot of those…) This set of metal doors covered with tiny ads struck me as being so Hong Kong…
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