I never completely bought into the belief that “a picture tells a thousand words”. There are way too many times when a well-crafted caption better captures the moment in a picture. The following picture was made in haste, with an iPhone, at a time when I was still getting used to the camera more than…
Tag: black and white
Sunlight Fell on a Breast
I was never interested in making pictures of people in the nude. On very rare occasions I made pictures without ever showing the faces of people. A ray of sunlight fell between the curtains. I shot two or three frames.
Chickens in Peril
I ventured into Siti Khadijah Market in Kota Bharu, and emerged with a bad (airborne) virus that laid me down for a week, and a set of pictures made with the mirrorless Nikon Z6ii. It felt good to be behind viewfinder, again. Some way to go, yet, with the “post-production” options, filters and frames. I…
First Digital Photographic Expedition
I set out a few weeks ago to give photography another try. I had sold the last of my film equipment, my beloved Nikon F5 almost two decades ago, and bought an entry-level digital camera. My work as a writer, an academic and in policy-making had made it difficult to fully embrace photography to the…
Chiaroscuro in Siti Khadijah Market of Kota Bharu
I really should write more… Because of the difficulty, and mainly because of time constraints, I really don’t have the time to study meticulously the light-measuring systems and multiple focus modes of digital cameras. Then again, I’m too wedded to old-fashioned manual film photography. In the meantime, I have attempted to use the Nikon X6ii…