StephenPatterson Posted July 11, 2013 Share #1 Posted July 11, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm in Hong Kong all next week, and if anyone is interested in meeting up to shoot (or just have a pint or two and talk Leica) send me a message. Cheers, Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest malland Posted July 12, 2013 Share #2 Posted July 12, 2013 Stephen, unfortunately, I won't be in Hong Kong. But just a question: while I think it's great having a pint, having a discussion or looking at each other's cameras, lenses and pictures, I've never understood why people like to meet and shoot. I've always considered photographing to be a solitary activity and would never think going shooting even with one other person, much less with two or more. Am I missing something? —Mitch/Bangkok Bangkok Obvious [WIP] Eggleston said that he was "at war with the obvious"... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted July 12, 2013 Stephen, unfortunately, I won't be in Hong Kong. But just a question: while I think it's great having a pint, having a discussion or looking at each other's cameras, lenses and pictures, I've never understood why people like to meet and shoot. I've always considered photographing to be a solitary activity and would never think going shooting even with one other person, much less with two or more. Am I missing something? —Mitch/Bangkok Well that's a fair question Mitch, let me try and give you an answer. When I travel I realize that locals have a distinct advantage over me in knowing how to find the interesting sections, neighborhoods and people of a particular town. For instance when I visited Bangkok last year, I met up with members Edward Karaa, Teera Ashakul and Rammy Narula, and we all then attended Richard Bram and David Gibson's "iN PUBLiC" exhibition. We also had the opportunity to compare notes, walk around some neighborhoods which I probably would have never found on my own, and "talk shop". The four of us had varying degrees of experience, from Edward who has worked as a photojournalist to Teera, who had just bought his first Leica. We all, I believe, benefitted from the exchange. Later Teera visited Hong Kong, and I was able to show him around a bit, as well as answer more Leica questions. I am also a solitary photographer, and when I meet up I tend to view the experience more as a recce than as a mission. If something looks interesting I make a note and come back later. For me it is much more enjoyable to see how other photographers work, from pro to rank amateur, and amazingly I find that I almost always learn something new. This past January I met up with a friend in Cambodia and his father, who had just bought his first ever non P&S camera, a Canon 6D. This man was a sponge for information, and had never taken any photos in his life that were not family or travel snaps. I briefed him on the basics and off we went to shoot. After an hour I realized that he was so latched on to me that whatever I was shooting he was shooting. I soon started taking photos of trash cans, phone polls, license plates...anything boring I could find, and sure enough he followed me. I then explained that photography is about finding one's inner vision, and that he couldn't do that just by parroting me. I love Hong Kong, and I'm there every couple of months. There are around a half dozen of us who like to get together, have a coffee at agnis b., talk shop and sometimes shoot in Yau Ma Tei, Wan Chai or other locals. We also like to get together and print, something which I never tire of. I realize this may sound absolutely dreadful to you, but I tend to enjoy meeting new people, visiting new places and experiencing new things. It's just the way I am. When my wife and I travel there is one question which she dreads more than any other...."Hey, is that a Leica?" She knows from experience that this question is never answered with a simple "Yes". Cheers, and hope our paths cross one day. Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest malland Posted July 12, 2013 Share #4 Posted July 12, 2013 Stephen, thanks for taking the time to explain. Places that one would never find: even more true for great restaurants in Bangkok that a visitor would never find and in which he or she couldn't order because the menus are all in Thai. There's one place near Chula University that is called "Liverpool" because the owner likes Liverpool FC — but it has no sign. Don't remember whether it has menus in English, but none of the staff speak it. First time I went to Hong Kong — it was a different place then — I saw a restaurant that served only steamed chicken. What I wanted was the chicken feet that I saw people eating at a neighboring table. I ordered by pointing by they just brought a quarter chicken. I then said no and pointed to my feet: they brought back the chicken wrapped up to go. Eventually I got a dish of chicken feet. When it came time to pay the waiter said "sap-saam": that I understand was 13 because in Thai it's "sip-saam", although the tone of the second word (3) is different. The numbers from 1 – 99 in Cantonese are almost identical to Thai, except for 1 and 5. —Mitch/Bangkok Bangkok Obvious [WIP] Eggleston said that he was "at war with the obvious"... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted July 12, 2013 The numbers from 1 – 99 in Cantonese are almost identical to Thai, except for 1 and 5. Except now Hong Kong is so overrun with mainlanders that it seems Mandarin is spoken more often that Cantonese! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mansio Posted July 12, 2013 Share #6 Posted July 12, 2013 hi, i am new and live in hk and yes, it's no longer a great place like it was in the early 90s:( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted July 13, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Great Mansio, I'll send you a PM with my HK phone and hopefully we can meet up. I realize Hong Kong has changed a lot since the 90's, but I still love the city and think it's one of the greatest destinations in the world. Sure there are more westerners in TST than Chinese, but that's part of being an international city. London doesn't look the same as it did thirty years ago either. I'll have the M240 so you can have a play with that if you like. I will also be comparing the 50/1.5 Nokton ASPH with the 50 Summilux ASPH, so that should be interesting as well. Cheers, Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mansio Posted July 13, 2013 Share #8 Posted July 13, 2013 Great Mansio, I'll send you a PM with my HK phone and hopefully we can meet up. I realize Hong Kong has changed a lot since the 90's, but I still love the city and think it's one of the greatest destinations in the world. Sure there are more westerners in TST than Chinese, but that's part of being an international city. London doesn't look the same as it did thirty years ago either. I'll have the M240 so you can have a play with that if you like. I will also be comparing the 50/1.5 Nokton ASPH with the 50 Summilux ASPH, so that should be interesting as well. Cheers, Stephen thanks mate, i'd love to see how the M handles i just have my m5 fixed and starting to do random shots again HK is still a good place, sure. but the legislation seems to be on a mission to bring it down to a 2nd tier china city rather than keeping its uniqueness it's weird and sad to see it in process. the cantonese and some of the ways people talk/write in chinese is also being affected too by the northern influence. having been away from HK for the past decades i have been picking up weird phrases that were more used in mandarin rather than the traditional ways too. (for those interested, cantonese or its dialects are more closely related to the ancient history china than mandarin ever gets. simply put mandarin is a spoken language used by once considered barbaric before qing dynasty(the last dynasty before modern china)). and simplified chinese is causing me headache to read, it's nice to write for convenient sake, but it's bad writing. /rant off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted July 24, 2013 It was great to meet up with Mansio last week in Hong Kong and do a bit of shooting (when not drinking coffee). We also enjoyed some traditional Cantonese food for lunch and rummaged through the camera markets in Mongkok. Sam shoots with a beautiful M5 and has some great vintage glass, which we tried out on the M240. Here he is shooting the 90 Summicron ver. I. Thanks again for the company Sam, and I hope to see you again on my next trip south. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/208616-hong-kong-15-22-july/?do=findComment&comment=2381339'>More sharing options...
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