"elegance is an attitude" (says the ad)

Posted by hugo poon (hong kong, Hong Kong) on 25 May 2012 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.

An ad, an old house under renovation and a delightful passerby...

Lee Garden Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Fujifilm X-Pro1 1/75 second F/1.8 ISO 400 53 mm (35mm equiv.)

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...

Comments (23)

Francisco Romero from Carbajal de la Legua, Spain

The playing with the looks is fantastic. Great capture of an instant that was produced in the right place. A superb street image, Hugo.

25 May 2012 6:37am

Shaahin Bahremand from Tehran, Iran

perfect shot

25 May 2012 7:28am

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Terrific composition, superb timing

25 May 2012 7:43am

Gérard Beullac from Paris, France

The beauty is in en caged.
That's excellent, Hugo!

25 May 2012 8:33am

J.R. from Urasoe City, Japan

Good one, nice street work

25 May 2012 9:32am

Olivier Paillet from toulouse, France

Love this catch ! well done my friend !!!

25 May 2012 9:46am

Ian Smith from London, United Kingdom

Great timing once again Hugo! The girl's expression sits perfectly with the ad.
Have a good one Hugo!

25 May 2012 12:37pm

Eric C. from Ivry sur Seine, France

Great catch, great frame, great mood !!!

25 May 2012 4:39pm

Dokmateo from Madrid, Spain

Nice capture...perfect timing! Great shot!

25 May 2012 6:53pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

She thinks he has a little too much attitude judging by her smile. Your unerring sense of the great street scene is quite apparent here. In the blink of an eye, you caught a wonderful image.

25 May 2012 7:22pm

mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland

Great capture and framing! I love this superb and elegant composition! Bravo Hugo!

25 May 2012 8:30pm

Z from Shanghai, China

Another beautiful excellent composition about in-and-out a photograph...One of the fantastic part of your photos is that everything looks so WELL organized, although they are appeared randomly in the street! And the details that was taken by the camera are really enhancing the photo!!

25 May 2012 11:08pm

@Z: Ha ha... 亂中有序？:-) Something I've really been stiving for! Thanks!

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Great composition, my friend, I like the focus on the man and the expression of the girl, that seems smiling.

26 May 2012 6:31am

RORO from LE HAVRE, France

Weel seen, i like this supperposition !

26 May 2012 11:11am

ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States

Yes she is! ; ] best…jf

26 May 2012 1:29pm

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

Interesting composition and beautiful light, well seen !

26 May 2012 7:08pm

Sof from Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Superb

26 May 2012 7:46pm

Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada

love it!!

27 May 2012 1:20am

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

The ad is right. We need all adopt it !

27 May 2012 9:55am

k@ from Paris, France

I just love the very same light smile, as if in complicity, between those 2, real & ad, both so human.

28 May 2012 5:17am

larans from Lund, Sweden

elegance is a matter of handling the camera and seeing the motives...and that´s always a signum/characteristic for your brilliant captures and photos!

28 May 2012 5:02pm

shooter from United Kingdom

Another well noticed image.

2 Jun 2012 2:12pm

lutea from Madrid, Spain

waouhhh!!! great picture,nice

4 Jun 2012 6:59pm

Remix (2)

This image has been featured in 2 Remix collections.

Hugo Poon by Valérie Simonnet

Great Sots I by Ian Smith