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Those good old film days

July 2025

These photos were taken in the early 1980s when I was living in Hong Kong. I was using Canon cameras then. My mainstay camera was the Canon F1 version 2, and the T series , cumulating into my last and favourite T 90. Those days, zoom lenses were not very sharp, so I stuck to prime lenses. On my Journeys I carried 2 bodies, a 28mm, 50mm, 100mm and the 200mm. I think…………(it was a long time ago). I have recently scanned my negatives to the highest resolution as now they are fading and developing colour blotches. All my negatives were stored properly in Patterson negative sheets and in dry conditions. I used the Epson V850 pro which does a very good job for a novice digital scanner user like me.

Most of these images were part of my exhibition in Hong Kong in 1986.This is the first time they have been publicly exhibited since the exhibition. There will be more to come over the proceeding months.

Guilin China
Lau Fau Shan Hong Kong
Lau Fau Shan
Guilin
Kathmandu

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Prequel-My first film days

July 2025

These are some of my first photo studies taken when I was at secondary school and the early years at university. The first photograph was taken with my dads camera at our family farm’s walnut grove. The camera was a Konica rangefinder made in Occupied Japan. Ironically the last film camera I had before totally embracing digital was a Konica Hexar rangefinder camera.

The remaining photos were taken with my first SLR camera bought from Hong Kong. It was a Canon FTB. I am forever grateful to Errol Tong for bringing the camera to me when he visited my parents motel in Blenheim.

Murphys Road Blenheim.
St Kilda Beach Dunedin . 1975
Dundas St Dunedin
Otago Peninsular
Logan Park Dunedin

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Street Photography 2

July 2025

These images were taken in Hong Kong during March/April 2024

I am still practicing my street craft, spending the days walking the streets of Hong Kong with one camera and one lens. Nikon D780 and a Nikon 35mm f 1.8. Who needs a Leica or a Fuji X100VI ? And my battery lasts longer, over 2 days with the camera constantly on. Long live the DSLR!

On Sundays the Indonesian domestic helpers have their day off . Many congregate on the pedestrian walkways to the MTR stations. This is the Mongkok East station. I was intrigued by this beautiful white attire this lady was wearing. She looked like an angel. So I played around in Lightroom to emphasize the effect. This probably breaks the rules in street photography with over manipulation of the image.

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