For whatever reason, I’ve been getting myself into taking cityscapes of the back alleys. The fascination over vertical lines just got to me. I do find using Leica cameras is a bit limiting. Missing my tilt-shift lens which I owned many years ago. Then again, with technology – I could easily do the perspective correction. Perhaps – I need to take out my tripod to ensure easier corrections.
One of my favourite spots to shoot. In fact – many many years ago, I spent a lot of time in this place, as part of the Kids Click program together with the forum which brought me into photography – PhotoMalaysia.com.
Photos in the gallery show some of the older photos that I took (except for the ones with me) of the activities that we did as part of the program. It was rather successful and I bet everybody enjoyed their time during the session.
Another shot from my night shoot. The boss and the worker. Despite the chap looking a bit angry (or surprised) – he was actually very friendly. I stopped by for a few minutes to chat with him and he was saying about the restaurant getting back to the groove after reopening of economy,
During my street shoot on a Sunday – 1st March, I bumped into a person sleeping under a cabana. I don’t think its a homeless person because he did not have any luggage with him. I suspect, it is a drunk person from the night before.
I am not sure if you can see the person, but it is at the bottom right hand corner 🙂
I guess, the image is not very well composed, because it is hard to be able to notice the person on the bottom right hand corner!
I generally don’t like to shoot homeless, but since the photo does not have any face, I think it is fine. You can’t tell who the person is 🙂
Behind the hustle and bustle of the market, the cleaners do take time to rest and have a sip of coffee in tied in plastic packs. The cleanliness(or non-cleanliness) of the market relies on these souls. They work hard throughout the morning and they do deserve the time for that quick sip.
Another photo from Sin Sze Ya temple. A photo of an old lady praying. At the right time of the day, should be able to get very good light from the skylight on the roof.
At the market, we can see a lot of characters. During a walk in Ampang street market, I saw this couple – where the husband was massaging the back of his wife (I presume).
It is actually quite fascinating. Talk about showing the love between each other 🙂
This photo was taken on Saturday 29 February. It was one of the days that I needed a walk to calm my nerves. It was a long emotional night for me, and I needed some time to digest. Yes – I was planning to have a photo walk the next day, but this day was different because so many things in my mind.
You can’t have a better tomorrow,
if you always thinking about yesterday
anonymous
CRYPTIC MODE ON
Sometimes in life, we just need to get the shit out of our system, and today was the day. So much shit from the past was thrown at you and I just needed to digest those shit. We can dwell of the shit from yesterday, and only focus on the shit that will come out today and beyond.
Yesterday’s shit may be smelly and watery, but today is when we need to focus on the doing the right things to make sure the shit is better. Mornings are always better when you are shit are smooth and fulfilling.
Yes – its a shitty day, but we need to support what we take and do in order to make it less shittier.
CRYPTIC MODE OFF
The individual unit of the flat is very small. I was told that the units have two configuration – single and double bedroom types. From the outside, it looks pretty small. And from what I recall the last time I visited my friend decades ago, it was really small. The ground floor folks “extended” their units by building additional substructures, as you can see in the diagram below.
There are so many things that the people do with the substructures, ranging from shops to parking lots… to… central kitchen! Not really central kitchen but a bigger kitchen for those hawker stalls next to the main road.
I do not want to imagine what will happen if a fire breaks out, but it definitely looks like a major fire hazard to me.
I’ve been to many places in the world but to be honest, I’ve not explored my own backyard. I spent most of my childhood in Keramat, a predominantly Malay area.
Today after visiting my mum, I decided to make a stop and visit Flat Keramat. It’s a gem. I should spend more time here to do street shoots. I believe there are so many backstories that I can cover.
The flats are bunch of low-cost development by PKNS (Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor) or state-owned development company. I believe the flats were built during the late 70s, not very far from when I moved to Keramat.
The following photo shows the flats. As you can see, the flats are not far from the city. In fact, it is probably about 15 mins to town! There are a total of 18 blocks altogether.
There are so many photo opportunities here, especially in black and white. Today’s trip was just a recce trip for a bigger trip that I plan. Since I come over to Keramat almost every single week, it is very convenient for me to visit this place. In fact, I can park at my parent’s house and walk over here. Not far.
As usual – hang out with the locals. These are 17 year old kids who told me some of the stories in neighborhood. I will certainly pop by again next week – whenever I have time. In fact they did tell me about the silat and Muay Thai classes that’s held on Tuesday.
Here is a brief video of the flats.
While walking around – obviously I was on the lookout for photos to shoot. Yes – it’s not as simple as it seems as I am still doing my 50mm challenge throughout February (at least second half). 50mm is a really tough lens because I am so used to shooting using 24 and 28mm. I wanted to push myself because I need to be more versatile.
One of things that I realized about Pasar Karat – some of the vendors are actually quite secretive, and does not want their photos taken. They do take the effort to cover their faces but does not object.
When such things happen, I generally will apologize. They will generally be OK after that. Question is – should I delete the photos, to me, yes if their faces are shown.
The photo above is an example of when I am in the situation where I need to apologise.