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Past Perfect, Future Tense
( Voigtlander Bessa 66 | expired Fuji Neopan 400 | ID11 1+3 20C 16' )
...It was late Sunday afternoon, 11th October 2009. I was returning from KL after a brief but unfruitful photo outing in KL. From the last commuter train station in Seremban, I headed to nearby Seremban lake garden just to wind down. Cursing myself for not turning up early for the event. Spent almost one hour at the lake garden without any good subject to train my lens on.
Just when I started to head back to parking lot, I heard a harmonica sound. Someone is playing it nearby. Immediately I began to head to the source of sound, just to satisfy my curiosity.
Finally it appared that the harmonica was played by an oldman near the entrance of a public toilet. The man looks very relaxed with his harmonica. Churning out the tunes harmoniously.
I approached this man cautiously, as I do not want to be seen as hostile. At first I just say that admire his skill playing harmonica, and want to take a snap. He nod, and keep playing the harmonica again.
After I finished taking some snaps, he stopped playing. He asked me,
"Is it a German camera?, Is it a Zeiss?"
I replied, "yes, it's a German camera, but not a Zeiss". He asked my permission to get a closer look at my camera.
"It's very rare to find this kind of camera nowadays. Just take good care of it", he said.
So our next conversation started to built up on photography. He opened his pouch and took one strange item out. It's a 'FUJI INSTAX" camera! Not just that, he took another two picture albums for me to browse.
One album is filled with pictures taken by him during1980's. Another album is filled with snapshots of his tour around the globe. He's apparently one of the senior members of local photographic club in Seremban. He had covered a lot of local events during his younger days and travelled to various countries as part of club activities.
Asked why he didn't become a professional and opened up a studio, he said that the market nowadays is quite saturated expecially for event photographers. The older generation like him could not keep pace with the everchanging digital techology and PP technique that demanded high computer literacy. Now he just happy to work as janitor to fill his time. One thing he regretted that his children did not take the photography seriously.
He asked me why I still stick to film when everybody else are happy with the digital. I said it was just a matter of personal preference, and I also do not attached to any commercial pressure. I treat it as hobby.
Our conversation ended when the night descended.....
Past Perfect, Future Tense
( Voigtlander Bessa 66 | expired Fuji Neopan 400 | ID11 1+3 20C 16' )
...It was late Sunday afternoon, 11th October 2009. I was returning from KL after a brief but unfruitful photo outing in KL. From the last commuter train station in Seremban, I headed to nearby Seremban lake garden just to wind down. Cursing myself for not turning up early for the event. Spent almost one hour at the lake garden without any good subject to train my lens on.
Just when I started to head back to parking lot, I heard a harmonica sound. Someone is playing it nearby. Immediately I began to head to the source of sound, just to satisfy my curiosity.
Finally it appared that the harmonica was played by an oldman near the entrance of a public toilet. The man looks very relaxed with his harmonica. Churning out the tunes harmoniously.
I approached this man cautiously, as I do not want to be seen as hostile. At first I just say that admire his skill playing harmonica, and want to take a snap. He nod, and keep playing the harmonica again.
After I finished taking some snaps, he stopped playing. He asked me,
"Is it a German camera?, Is it a Zeiss?"
I replied, "yes, it's a German camera, but not a Zeiss". He asked my permission to get a closer look at my camera.
"It's very rare to find this kind of camera nowadays. Just take good care of it", he said.
So our next conversation started to built up on photography. He opened his pouch and took one strange item out. It's a 'FUJI INSTAX" camera! Not just that, he took another two picture albums for me to browse.
One album is filled with pictures taken by him during1980's. Another album is filled with snapshots of his tour around the globe. He's apparently one of the senior members of local photographic club in Seremban. He had covered a lot of local events during his younger days and travelled to various countries as part of club activities.
Asked why he didn't become a professional and opened up a studio, he said that the market nowadays is quite saturated expecially for event photographers. The older generation like him could not keep pace with the everchanging digital techology and PP technique that demanded high computer literacy. Now he just happy to work as janitor to fill his time. One thing he regretted that his children did not take the photography seriously.
He asked me why I still stick to film when everybody else are happy with the digital. I said it was just a matter of personal preference, and I also do not attached to any commercial pressure. I treat it as hobby.
Our conversation ended when the night descended.....