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Photo Review: The Girl with the Yellow Umbrella

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It’s been a long wait but here’s the next entry in my Photo Review series.

I took this photo while ago in Hoi An and like the result, the GR II did a great job capturing the scene just as I saw it and intended to capture it.
There’s a lot of yellow in this photo and as you would have guessed from my photo book ‘People with Umbrellas‘, I like taking photos of people with…well, umbrellas.

Hoi An is one of the main tourist destinations here and the lanterns and old town are the main reason people visit it. It’s a nice little town but I usually tend to avoid it since it’s become way too touristy.
Still, it does make for some nice photos at night and in this case the rain gave it that little extra. Unfortunately, the GR II is not weatherproof so I couldn’t get quite the perfect composition but I do like the result nonetheless.

Photo Review: Street Lamp

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Another entry in my Photo Review series and this time I’m looking at the most popular photo on my old blog.

I don’t know what it is about this photo and post but over time, it has received the highest number of views and I got quite a lot of requests for people to use it in one way or another.

This was one of those London winter photos, when it’s dark, grey and cold outside. The times when I didn’t really feel like going out to take photos but forced myself so I could keep up my ‘One Day, One Photo’ blog.

I just grabbed my Panasonic GF1 with the 40mm f1.7 lens, set it on high contrast b&w JPG and went out for a walk around the neighborhood.

While, I do like the photo and the mood it gives, it’s certainly not what I would consider one of my best photos.
Still, it does get quite a bit of attention for some reason. Maybe it’s the title or people like the mood or simplicity of it.

What do you think about this photo and why do you think it receives so many views on my old blog?

Photo Review: Left of Right?

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I started this new blog, what feels like ages ago, and haven’t really updated it at all. There are plenty of excuses that I could come up with but the actual reason is that I just didn’t know how to get it started and kept pushing it back.

So, this is a first entry in my Photo Review series, where I revisit some old or some slightly newer photos and post my opinion.
You’re also more than welcome to post your opinion about my photos, I’m always happy to hear any opinions about my work (good and/or bad).

This is not one of my best photos but it’s one I took for a photo competition in the company I used to work at that time.
The theme was ‘Signs’ and, as usual, I went out during my lunch with my Ricoh GRD I camera to capture something about signs.

Being a fan of street photography, I didn’t want to simply take a photo of a sign without any people in since it seemed boring. I also try to include reflections in my photos whenever possible and so I ended up with a few photos similar to this one.
The main reason I chose this one is that there is quite a bit of action in it and the sign is not the most prominent thing in the photo. It also provides a good snapshot of a typical London street scene.

Looking back at it now, there are quite a few things I would do different in terms of composition and timing. There are some distracting elements in there and I didn’t capture the perfect moment. It is also a bit too busy overall, despite that being one of the things that made me choose this photo at the time.

While not perfect, it did win me the competition and in the end that’s what really matters.