I am always ever curious and excited about things and places in Singapore that I can capture or document down with my camera. I believe that little things counts and we must not take the good things around us for granted. As such, I don’t have to travel overseas to take good pictures. There are many wonderful places in Singapore photographers can capture. All we need is to put in some effort to discover where are these places.
When I was conducting my regular Internet search to look for places in Singapore for me to shoot, I chanced upon this interesting website http://rediscover.sg. Rediscover.sg chronicles the adventures of a group of young Singaporean dreamers as they traipse around their island home (Singapore), wandering the streets and doing little things to remind themselves, why they call this place home.
As I was browsing through this interesting website, one particular video clip caught my attention. It was the Unseen/Unsaid “Mosaic Story” (episode 4) It was a story of a playground – a magical place for any child. As I watched the video clip, I realised that this was the playground I used to visit when I was a little boy. That was more than 30 years ago and the playground is still there! The “Mosaic Story” on Rediscover.sg inspired me to locate this playground in front of Block 28, Toa Payoh Lorong 6 and capture it down with my camera on an early Monday morning just before I go to work. I had a great time “playing” on this playground of mine.
I hope you will enjoy these pictures. This playground certainly brought back wonderful memories for me. That morning, I was a child once again!
p/s: They don’t construct playgrounds like this in Singapore anymore.
When I post process these pictures, I realised that I tend to gravitate towards strong and dynamic colours creation. I wanted the textures to stand out and I played with the dynamic range a lot. Dynamic range in photography describes the ratio between the maximum and minimum measurable light intensities (white and black, respectively).
Somehow, I find distortion worked better for me in some pictures. I guess when you are emotionally charged, you will not be logical in your creation. As such, distortion and horizon misalignment were left alone.
As I was going about capturing this wonderful structure, the sun started to reveal itself. A decisive moment for me. A Dragon with a glowing eye...Priceless!
I kept telling myself not to take this childhood place for granted because I know deep down inside that this playground will be "trashed" one day to make way for a more modern structure for the kids today.
It was a fun morning with lots of wonderful memories. If I don't have to go to work, I would have probably hang around this playground for the whole day. I was a child all over again!
Hope you enjoyed these pics!
To see the video that inspired me. Please click the link below.
Photographic Gear:
Body: Panasonic GF1 & G3 Micro 4/3 system
Lenses: Panasonic 7-14mm f4, 20mm f1.7 & 14-45mm f3.5-5.6
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