Category: Expression

Beach Stroll

This photoblog actually started out as a “Featured Photos” page on LiveJournal almost a year ago in December 2003. I decided to migrate it to Blogger recently after Blogger’s features were upgraded after it was bought over by Google. Since the migration, I have been working behind the scenes to migrate the old entries from LiveJournal over to this new format. In the meantime, here’s a picture from the past which I personally like very much and which was featured as one of the very first entries of my old photoblog.

This is one of my recent favourite shots taken at the Busselton jetty in Western Australia. This jetty is the longest jetty in the Southern Hemisphere, extending 2km from the shore into the sea. Brilliant sunshine and weather meant that many people were enjoying themselves by the beach. Even the seagulls were enjoying the sun! Caught this moment of a mother and child strolling by the jetty. I love the shadows cast by the mother and child as well as the running action of the kid, which gave some dynamism to their profiles.

Exposure information: ISO 200, Shutter speed: 1/320 seconds, Aperture: f/18.0, 35mm effective FL: 62mm. Metering mode: Centre Weighted Average.

Bon Voyage


This silhouette study was taken at the Changi International Airport’s viewing gallery in Terminal 1 as part of the series of pictures that I took two weekends ago during my visit there. I was attracted by the strong silhouettes of the visitors contrasting with the bright sunshine outside on the tarmac, as well as the patterns of light and shadow created by the floor tiles.

Under Construction


While going through my collection of pictures in updating/revamping my photoblog here, I came across an image of a construction worker that I took at the Singapore Management University construction site at Bras Basah Road in March earlier this year. The original image had a the worker placed against a bland, white sky. In tribute to the diazochrome technique that my father pioneered earlier in his photographic career, I have turned the background to a deep, saturated blue in similar style, albeit made much easier with the use of Photoshop now. I like the cacophony of colours created between the contrast of the deep blue, versus the orange, fiery colours of the beams, scaffolding as well as the helmet of the worker. The expression on the worker’s face provided a touch of human interest to the shot.