peak tower and the old street lamp...

Posted by hugo poon (hong kong, Hong Kong) on 31 October 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

I should have posted this earlier to wrap up this Peak series but an indisposition has reduced me to an inactivity...

Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

We had the Double Ninth Festival, a traditional Chinese festival during which it's a custom to climb a high mountain. The family decided to visit the Peak (Victoria Peak) for dinner. It's a wonderful evening and the atmosphere was so nice...

I do not regard myself as a photographer. I'm an ordinary man but extraordinarily obsessed with capturing all the memorable scenes that I encounter in my everyday life. It's like an excited traveller craving to record his memorable journey in a memorable way, 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...