The Art of Photography: One Lens Challenge #1

I have been following the YouTube channel ‘The Art of Photography’ since 2011. Despite my long following, I’ve never participated in any photography challenges that host, Ted Forbes would host every now and then. This will be the first challenge I will participate in. The challenge is simple, try to use one lens (a prime) for every day of the month of November and try to get accustomed to the focal length you pick.

This was a perfect challenge for me. I had just purchased a new lens, the Viltrox 23mm and was still a little on edge about the 35mm full frame equivalent focal length. This was the perfect challenge for me to challenge myself to use a focal length I had never really thought of using before as my go to prime. Here is my documentation of this challenge.

Indigenous in Hong Kong: Chung Mei Village

I grew up in Tsing Yi, an island North West of Hong Kong Island. The indigenous community of Tsing Yi whose roots on the island date back to the late 16th century have created deep bonds with the island over the many hundred years and I had grown up with this deep history. Though my maternal lineage belongs to one of the main branches of the original inhabitants of the island I grew up always feeling a bit like an outsider.

Following Chinese traditions, what determined whether or not you were an insider or an outsider came down to who carried the family name. I did not. So I grew up participating, but not fully. I was an active observer who was involved but never too involved.

As an observer, I could see the culture and way of life was dying. It seemed to me it was only a matter of time before the uncles who carried traditions and had experiences living in the old village before the resettlement in the 1970’s would die out. So I took the task of trying to preserve the little things before they all disappeared with a camera and a lens.

The aim of this project is to preserve the village through a series of photographs and a few short films/documentaries of the elderly who lived through the old way of life.

Artist in Hong Kong: Mind Space

I want to showcase a few creative young minds in Hong Kong with photography. I want to display how they see the world in their wonderful minds. What motivates their work? What makes them sure of their work?

Join me as I go on adventures with artists, discussing what gives them inspirations.