Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Thanks to all for the wonderful welcome! I am definitely humbled by the warmness in this group. I will share more, seeing that I've benefitted from the collective wisdom and experience in this group. Just a quick intro, I bought my very first Leica rangefinder, an M6TTL in 2004. I really love the rangefinder ethos and practice, but at the same time also shot a digital system along with the M6. After I sold the M6 plus 3 lenses (28, 35 and 50 Summicrons) in a fit of madness in 2007 (no, not really, I needed the money to get married), I continued to shoot my Japanese digital cameras in the same way, setting exposure entirely manually, using fixed, fast primes of focal length 28, 35 and 50mm. The Leica was the best photography teacher I ever had. Fast forward a few years, and unfortunately my marriage brought down 2 years ago, and after the separation, I decided to dedicate my life to the one consistent passion in my life - photography, specifically documentary photography. I've always been shooting weddings and stuff for money, but deep down, I would rather shoot photo essays that tell stories, instead of what clients want :) This led to me eventually acquiring a used M9 plus a brand new Summarit 35mm - regretted selling the 35 cron I used to have, but no way am I paying twice more than what I paid for back in 2004 for EXACTLY the same lens.... (ok it does have the 6 bit code). Going back to Tokyo for street photography in March of 2012, which was the place I went for my honeymoon, was a decision made on a whim, and I bought the ticket about 2 weeks before departure. SInce then, Japan has became somewhat of an obsession, and whenever I can, I have returned to Tokyo - for a country that has faced much devastation in recent times, it's a place I found healing, and was the basis of putting together a solo exhibition, Tokyo Dreaming in Dec of 2012. I'm planning a fifth trip later this year, and am now trying to organise my photos in the form of a series of blog posts. Part 1 can be found here (mostly street work) http://5stonesphoto.com/blog/2013/07/22/tokyo-dreaming-the-complete-series-part-1/ Part 2 focused on the gardens and parks of Tokyo, which I love to wander in http://5stonesphoto.com/blog/2013/07/24/tokyo-dreaming-ii-the-gardens-of-tokyo-ft-yasukuni-shrine-and-ueno-park/ Part 3 is exclusively black and white street work http://5stonesphoto.com/blog/2013/08/19/tokyo-dreaming-part-3/ Part 4 is the tribute to HCB, which I posted earlier. Hope you guys enjoy the photos and I will definitely be sharing more from my on-going project! David Teo Photographer http://www.5stonesphoto.com/blog On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote: > Great work David, with to many examples of 'the decisive moment' to single > out individual images. I do, however, especially like the sneaky > self-portrait on the escalator, and the one titled 'black and white' (the > police crossing patrol). > > Please post more, you are a very welcome member here. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 23 Aug 2013, at 01:58, David Teo Boon Hwee <david5stones at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I hardly post here (actually I can't remember if I ever did tbh, but I > have been here for a good number of years even before Leica discovered > digital Ms :)) but I want to honor the man who is the patron saint of what > I call the "decisive moment in street photography" on what would have been > his birthday yesterday - Henri Cartier Bresson. > > > > > > > > Besides Elliot Erwitt, Sebastiao Salgado and Daido Moriyama, no other > photographer has impacted the direction and spirit of my photography than > Henri Cartier Bresson himself. > > > > > > > > Yesterday I blogged a little tribute to HCB today, with pictures from my > long term on-going street work on the streets of Tokyo. (Have travelled > there 4 times in the past 1 yr doing that, and will be going back again > this year end!) > > > > > > > > If I may be allowed to share it here, here's the link.... Shot mostly > (there are the odd shots with Ricoh cameras) of course with a Leica - but > in my case a Leica M9 and a single 35mm lens - the only one I have really > :p > > > > > > > > > http://5stonesphoto.com/blog/2013/08/22/tokyo-dreaming-part-iv-commemorating-hcbs-birthday/ > > > > > > > > Enjoy!!!!! > > > > > > David Teo > > Photographer > > http://www.5stonesphoto.com/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- David Teo Boon Hwee