Tag: Urban
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Depth of Field Demystified: A Beginner’s Guide to Depth of Field for Food and Cafe Photography
There is a particular kind of photograph I often notice in cafes: the coffee is sharp, the table disappears gently behind it, and somewhere in the background there is just enough suggestion of the room to tell me where I am. Nothing feels accidental. That, more than an aggressively blurry background, is what good depth…
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Battery On Flight: Battery Must-Knows and Must-Haves for Air Travel
The first time I nearly lost a shoot before it began, I was standing at a boarding gate with a bag full of spare batteries in the wrong place. Nothing dramatic happened. No alarm, no drama. Just a quiet moment of doubt when airport staff at a security checkpoint glanced at my roller bag and…
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The Photo Essay: How to Tell a Story With Photographs
One strong photograph can hold you on its own. You stop, you look, you feel something, and that is enough. But a photo essay asks a different question. What happens when several photographs are expected to work together, and what does a story told primarily through images rather than words look like? A photo essay…
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Best Camera Lens for Street Photography Beginners in Singapore
The photo that made me fall in love with prime lenses was taken with a borrowed one. A friend had left his 40mm prime camera lens on my mirrorless camera body by accident, and I spent an afternoon in Chinatown with it, not knowing any better. No zoom lens. Just my feet. I walked closer,…
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Singapore Photography: How to Photograph Shophouse Architecture
Singapore is a small country with rich buildings and pretty streets. It was a wet morning on Koon Seng Road in Joo Chiat, one of the favourite photo spots in Singapore for capturing pastel Peranakan houses. I’d woken up early, hauled my camera down there, and then the sky opened up. My first instinct was…
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Mobile Photography Accessories Worth Buying
My first real photography purchase after my phone was a lens kit. You know the type — a little pouch with a fisheye, a macro, a wide-angle, all clipping onto the smartphone camera. It cost me less than a nice dinner, and I was convinced it would transform my photos and enhance my mobile photography…
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The Essence of Singapore Photography: Documenting The Culture of Hawker Stalls
It was a Tuesday morning at Old Airport Road Food Centre, one of the favourite photo spots for street photography in Singapore. I’d gone there to shoot char kway teow, the usual glistening plate, the wok hei, the kind of picture most tourists and photographers take, the kind the world wanted to see. But my…
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The Only Mobile Photography Apps Worth Keeping on Your Phone
The best photo I took last year came from my smartphone cameras, not a professional camera. It was a wet Tuesday in Chinatown. I’d left my proper gear at home, and I almost didn’t bother stopping. But the rain had just eased, the red lanterns were glowing against the dark pavement, and something told me…
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Ethical Street Photography Explained by Street Photographers
The first time someone confronted me, I was standing outside a provision shop in Chinatown. I’d just lifted my camera toward an old uncle stacking oranges into a pyramid. The morning light was gorgeous, soft, gold, sliding along the shopfront. I got greedy. I stepped too close, framed his face too tightly, and pressed the…
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Photography Techniques in Small Cafes Without Making Them Feel Crowded
The first time I tried to take a picture of tiny shophouse café in Tiong Bahru, I ruined every shot in the first five minutes. I stood at the doorway, screwed on my widest lens, and tried to capture the whole room in one frame as the subject. I wanted it all — the counter,…
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