Blanket

A part of landscape photography, is discovery.

Discovery for new locations, new angles, new techniques.

Unfortunately, my role as a part time student, in addition to my full-time work commitments often prevents me from fulfilling this important part of landscape photography. 

My friend discovered this place. Although this location is more commonly shot from a sunset angle (the other side of where I'm shooting from), i felt the sunrise was quite as magical too.

Transition

Shot from Shears Bridge, overlooking Marina Bay area. From glowing sunset to energised city.

It's quite therapeutic to have the city's skyline infront of you as the sun fades into night and the city's night come into life. 

Happy 2015!

The last 3 days and first 2 days of year 2015 was a special period for photographers. The sunrise and sunset was, in a toned down tone, an explosion of colours! I remembered hesitating on heading out, for reasons I cannot recall. Every dawn of the day, I wake up thinking, why am I not out there?

January 02, I packed my bag and headed out with my usual sky chasers to Gardens By The Bay. As we waited infront of our tripod, we sensed something special creeping upwards to the sky. This was it, we muttered.

As our predictions came true, we snapped away whilst admiring Mother Nature. 

This really is a small little reward and the privilege we have as sky chasers.

Leica

My dream has always been to purchase a Leica, there is something about the design, the glass within and the operational system (rangefinder) that attracts me.

With anticipation, I met up with one of my friend who recently purchased a Leica M240. The weight wasn't what I expected it to be as it felt heavier than my DF with a 50mm F1.8G mounted. The method of focusing with a range finder seems slower than a conventional auto focus system, although I'm sure most seasoned RF users would have gotten used to gauging the distance purely by visual estimation.

The image quality was awesome however, sometimes its hard to describe but its a good example of "heart over brain" decision if I were to purchase a Leica. I supposed this is why people say with a Leica, you slow down your photography process and enjoy it more.

Of course, I took it for a short walk and here are the images :)

Chasing Sunrise

When I started out my photography journey, I never might have imagined myself as a sunrise chaser. My residential area is too far from any location and the lack of public transport hindered myself. Of course, the part about waking up early is the biggest obstacle.

Of late, I have been waking up earlier than usual and chasing the first train to various locations for sunrise. I find peace in the empty streets and cool morning breeze.

Before taking this shot, I just stood there admiring how the sunlight hit on the buildings on the left. Alas, THAT green crane has been there for years and perhaps one of the most documented crane in the history of Singapore.

Ah well.

Christmas at Orchard

Christmas by the Bay

Since Gardens by the Bay opened its doors, it has seen beautiful decorations every festive season and Christmas is no exception.  A pity this year I didn't purchase the tickets in, but I did enjoy myself through its outdoor stage, which I felt was the management trying to replicate a "Christmas Market" feel.