The decisive moment

Using rule of thirds vertically, the main character is in the middle of the thirds, sliding down a covered slide at a playground. Tunnel slide is "chosen" because the effect of lighting through tunnel can speak better than one that is not covered. The idea of playing back and front light: Shooting at the end of a tunnel slide, leaving back light from the start of a tunnel.

*To me, capturing decisive moment with kids are best at expressing emotions. Capturing their playful moments in black and white will mark a smile on my face when flashing back the time when I spend time with my dear niece. The shot of this decisive moment is all about capturing happy moments and putting them as memories in photos. *

Again, With the use of rule of thirds, character is on the right side and the candy floss appears one the left, leaving the center, a negative space.

*Its finger-licking good! haha! To capture an action that kids ALWAYS love to do is interesting in a sense that it depicts what we could see in all kids - innocent. Licking finger is a natural behavior in kids. They are innocent in a sense that they would not think much if their hands are clean or not. What is in their mind is that their hands have "contaminated" with their favorite food! Kids are still kids. They just love to lick. (or suck in this case. haha!) "


*At the Singapore River, our SP canoe polo club members are in the game of competition! The game was very aggressive and lots and snatching ball, over-turning of canoe boats, defending and guarding the goal post, passing of ball to team mates, rolling their canoe boats, etc. Caught this very moment of this guy almost hit by the pedal of his opponent! He avoided the pedal and trying to balance himself!*

The splashing of waters and light waves plays a role in determining the speed and direction of their boats.






*This is a candid shot. Was doing site analysis of shophouses in Chinatown, while documenting the window frames, a middle-age auntie walked pass and peep at what I am doing. It wasn't a post-shot. It was a coincidence that she peep through my camera lens while the shutter closed at the very moment.*

The diagonal approach of tilting the camera slightly 45 degrees to the right creates a different angle of view towards the photo. With the camera tilted, this candid shot cuts away the body of the character leaving only the expression on her face. Her expression shows curiosity.