Photograph Street Markets.

Markets are fascinating places to photograph and are always on my shot list wherever I go. They are often places where you get a real glimpse of the local, everyday life and make for fantastic photo opportunities. However, the low light conditions and busy atmosphere can make photographing markets somewhat challenging.

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A very good day this morning .While shop for fruits and vegetable at Sunday street market, I have a chance to practice my street photography too.The main objective of my photography to-day is to highlight the ability of the camera to freeze a moment of time. Combining the two, the nature of “street photography” and the stillness of photographs, I was aiming at capturing interesting moment in daily life. For this reason I choose to take photos in crowed places (Satok Sunday market) so there will be more opportunity to find interesting moment of people. Also more people mean more interactions and connections between them. These are other elements that I thought would be very important for successful street photography.

Below are few of the photos taken this morning in the street market in Kuching,Sarawak.

all the above photos taken with Panasonic Lumix LX3.

Dabai Season.

Everyone knows now is the Durian (King of fruit) season in Sarawak but not everyone knows about Dabai (Sarawak Olive).

Botanical Name : Canarium Odontophyllum
Family Name : Burseraceae

DABAI – a native fruit of Sarawak harvested by local natives and sold it in the native market. The external colour of DABAI is black while the fresh of the fruit is yellow in colour. The seed in the centre is yellow and diamond in shape . You can only eat the seed if you can crack open the seed.

The dabai is a large tree growing up to 20m high. it is a course tree with a tall straight trunk, big stems and branches, and large compound leaves. Being dioecious, there are make and female trees.
The fruit is also called 'Sibu olive', 'black olive' or 'tropical olive'. Fruit are borne in panicles that are held upright at the end of branches. Fruit colour changed from white to black when mature. The fruit is about 3 - 4 cm long. 1.5 - 2.0 cm wide.
The fruit are often soaked in warm water for about 20 minutes to soften the flesh. The taste is nutty, smooth, slightly oily with a good flavour. the tree however takes about seven years before it bears fruits.
I like eating it with a little bit of salt to taste. Some people prefer it with soy sauce.

Street Photography – Unethical Or Misunderstood?

Street Photography is one of the most controversial genres in the art of photography. Some have even described it as unethical.Being a Street Photographer myself I believe that all in all we get a pretty bad press from the public and sometimes even other photographers claiming it’s wrong to photograph strangers without permission.To read or view more on Street Photography just lock on to http://www.sevenbyfive.net/photos/street-photography-unethical-or-misunderstood/.
Below are few photos from my recent street photography outing in Kuching,Sarawak.

 By photographing random passersby, you can see the normal,feeling emotions and actions of the general population. The results can be unique and quite fascinating.

Street Life.

Everyday, thousand of people go about their daily lives on the street, and most go largely unnoticed as they carry out their daily tasks and errands. Only a small handful are featured on the news or in photographs, and they tend to be celebrities,VIP and superstar.Street photography is indeed an interesting field. There are so many things that could be seen there. Different kinds of people roam around the streets even on ordinary days.There are so many interesting subjects that you can try. There are different kinds of people on the streets and each one of them could create a different story once you take a photo of them.
In this post, we’ve collected some  photographs of street life in Sarawak.

Back To Analog SLRs

I love my DSLR and use it most of the time. However, I have an awful lot of fun pulling out my trusty Olympus OM-10  and shooting a roll. Nostalgia? Maybe. But there is just something more “real” about it – I feel more engaged with my this SLR. There is nothing fussy about it, I have to set everything manually and I could hammer nails with it without damaging it. I guess either you get it or you don’t.I shot digital and film… I have a rangefinder Canonet,Ricoh,fujica,and that make me very happy when i go out with one of them…I guess more than digital but both ways are wonderful. I just love how old film cameras work and how you have to take your time and plan your shots and is it just me but to me there just something about film photos that digital dose not  have.I think using a film camera can be a really useful education, particularly if you want to pursue photography seriously. If you speak to any retired professionals, they will all have started with film and were restricted by the number of frames available  on their roll of film. Creating the picture in your head before shooting and the natural delay of processing, meant that the photography had to be much more confident about our own skill  and his equipment than today digital.
Well,Both analog and digital have advantages and disadvantages and i guess it is personal preference but i kinda feel people sometimes choose convenience over quality.

 Collection of my film camera.

Image shoot from film camera.

Black & White film photography.

Point & shoot film camera.

Image from film camera.

I love the fact that we don't see what we do. No screen to control and watch as soon as it is done. Film photography becomes more an abstraction than digital. You have it in your head only. A part of the game is in the difference between imagination and result.

Street Photography Still Life.

Life is filled rich with interesting and diverse activities on the street and that makes for incredible photographic opportunities. It’s no wonder why street photography is one of the most popular photographic genres around.
But wondering around in public taking pictures of people can feel a little uncomfortable at first, so shooting street photography still life as a first step is the perfect way to ease into the whole genere.
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The street photography still life is an important opportunity for many photographers who want to break the ice in a genre that’s not always simple to perform. Because interaction with people isn’t required you’re not likely to disturb anyone or seem overly inappropriate.
 Examples Of My  Street Photography Still Life.

Road Sign..

Overhead bridge sign..

The advertisement ..

Road side market..

The more we shoot still life on the street, the better we get at it and the more opportunities we have to see the street in new ways. When we can start to see the environment around us in new ways, that’s when we’ll see a deeper relationship between the environment and the people within it.
Then when you take the next step to take images of people in your street photography – you’ll have a depth and dimension in your work no one else will..

Why My Street Photos Suck.

When it comes to street shooting photography you’ll never find a more interesting subject to shoot than the people you find there.Humans are hardwired to want to tell and listen to stories. And when you use your camera to capture the actions of people on the street, you’re creating a photograph that tells a story.Read more about Street photography  HERE

I shoot crowds and wanted to shoot candid at two young ladies and suddenly this uncle enter the frame.

The ice cream man.“He will totally see me. I gotta snap fast.”  It’s THE FEAR again – but now you have some time. You can compose, focus – wait for the shot.

 Yes, fear ruins a lot of opportunities if you let it. (And that´s what scares me  The only way to get over it is to keep working the streets. Shoot a lot and do it often. If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enoug say Robert Capa.

I take lots of crap pictures, but at least I enjoy doing so!

 I end up with a lot of generic, dispassionate, “from a distance” photos.Robert Capa was right. Up close and intimate – especially with wider perspective tends to bring a sense of immediacy and intimacy to a photo.

 But the problem for some people is – how do you do candid street shooting photography of strangers without freaking out or getting scared? Learn your rights and rules then give street photography a try.