one day in my life
working late...
Posted by hugo poon (hong kong, Hong Kong) on 28 August 2009 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.
An old fashioned tailor that works seven days and nights a week...
This was where and how my "street photography" began: on one lovely Sunday night, 2005, I and my family were having a little stroll after dinner; the scene of a tailor who's nothing symbolic yet so attentive to his work caught my eyes and struck my soul - "wasn't it supposed to be the time to take a rest but why on earth was he still working?!!!" Almost without thinking, I took out my new bought little photo machine (an Fuji F10) and gave its low light capability a try: http://www.pbase.com/hpicckcy/image/87924791
Now that more than four years have passed, I can't remember how many times I have walked past his little shop in the night on my way home, yet there isn't a single time that I found his shop closed, and I was just struck each time...
Western Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong
I do not regard myself as a photographer. I'm merely a guy who enjoys capturing all the memorable scenes that I encounter in my everyday life. Perhaps, it's like a traveller hoping to record his memorable journey, but in my case, it's the journey of my life ... If I can record my encounters in such a way that they leave an image on the mind of myself and other viewers, it's a tremendous joy and some accomplishment...
In terms of photography, I'm trying to preserve the moments as my eyes see "something" and my heart feels it too. As such, I seldom feel interested in planned, arranged or manipulated photographs...
Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR
1/25 second
F/3.3
ISO 400
7 mm