Photography; I shoot what I like, and sometimes people like what I shoot. All photos are copyright to Michael C. Lam unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Street photography is not something I pursue, but some days, you can’t help but see some scenes that seem worth taking a shot at. This was one of them; a bit busy, but I think it was worth the shot.
Canon EOS 60D | Sigma 17-50mm
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Alone & Waiting
Somewhere on the inter-tidal plains
Sitting, waiting…
For Selene to pull
and mother Earth to roll.
Canon EOS 60D | Sigma 10-20mm
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I realise that this one might need some context… which, in the eyes of some, makes it a less successful photograph that it could have been. Of course, I could just as easily not give context and it could probably be a better photograph for it…
But, I will put in my few words anyway 😀
Canon EOS 60D, Sigma 10-20mm.
Main Street/ High Street, Georgetown.
Basically, I wanted a photo of the pedestrian in the distance with the recently knocked down / destroyed sign in the foreground; the sign that once indicated to drivers and pedestrians that there was a pedestrian crossing ahead. 🙂
But this photo got me to also thinking about the street upon which I took the photo; this portion you see is called High Street, the portion behind me (which is obviously not in the photo) is called Main Street, as you proceed further south it then changes to Avenue of the Republic and then back to High Street. Why would what is effectively one street have four different named sections? From what I’ve read, it was possibly once called simply “High Street”; the portion running through Cummingsburg was then named Main Street, and then when Guyana attained Republic status the portion running through Lacytown was renamed to Avenue of the Republic. Interestingly, after a slight detour around St Saviour’s Church, it becomes Saffon Street, this, however, never seems to be considered as part of the “High Street” issue.
Stretches of streets within Georgetown which have multiple names is normally attributed to the fact that Georgetown was originally built as a number of different wards, and the streets were never meant to be contiguous, then the wards were joined together, the multiple names resulted, along with some streets having a slight turn to continue since the original ones were not in-line. The wards involved in the High Street issue are Kingston (High Street), Cummingsburg (Main Street), Lacytown (Avenue of the Republic) and Stabroek / Werk-en-Rust – and part of Charlestown (High Street).
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I climbed onto the seawall to see what I could photograph, and a voice coming from near my feet surprised me. This fellow was packing up some items in a bag. He thought I was a foreigner, but the minute I answered him he realised I was local.
According to him, he has lived along the seawall for most of his life, he doesn’t have a regular job, he does odd-jobs, but he says he finds everything he needs to survive right there on the seawalls. Although I’m not sure about him finding “everything”, I saw no reason to doubt he finds most of what he needs 😀
Life on the wall 15-0143 | Georgetown Seawall, Guyana
Canon EOS 60D, Sigma 10-20mm Lens
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One bad thing about Georgetown is that it floods…. as a photographer, I can also say that one good thing about Georgetown is that… it floods! That sometimes makes for an interesting photo.
I only had my phone on my at this point, so it was a quick snap to get what I was seeing… and even so I had to crop for an interesting photo, which makes it a bit on the low resolution side.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Duos | Instagram
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My fascination with the seawalls continues.
Almost every weekend, I stop somewhere along the walls… sometimes never taking a photo, just walk along the wall, or to the water’s edge for a few minutes.
Sometimes I take photos that never see the light of day, but sometimes there’s one that falls just into the type of image that I like taking, processing and sharing.
Canon EOS 60D, Sigma 10-20mm | 10mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 100
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I don’t generally do portraits, I never am very happy with the outcome when I do try, but at the insistence of my friend Fidal, I went out to do a few informal family portraits for his family. I had processed the usual ones and given over to him, of course… there are ALWAYS unprocessed images, aren’t there?
This is one that is more along the lines of what I’d normally shoot…. there’s a bit of “street photography” a bit of “landscape” in there, and I got some of the cloud details that I like too.
Canon EOS 6D | Canon EF24-105mm f/4L | 1/250s, f/4, 28mm, ISO 320
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In today’s world, it often seems that the old tradition of “family” has fallen by the wayside. The divorces are common, marriages not worth fighting for, child abuse seems more commonplace than before, parents and children yelling at each other; it even seems sometimes that some people care more for their pet than for their own flesh and blood relatives, so when I saw a father and son working together on a motorcycle, I just had to sneak a photo of it.
It may not always be this way, but like much of our lives, its these moments that matter most.
Rodrigues and Rodrigues | Instagram | Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Duos
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Come away with me…
As I sat and processed the image, those words came to mind, as I sit and look at it after I have finished the processing, it still remains lingering and softly playing over and over again in the cerebral auditorium. I titled it simply “Basket”, but the feel I get is still “come away with me”…
Each photo has a different effect on each viewer, but this one, more than most recently, has a deeper more calming effect, I can feel the breeze, smell the salty air, hear the sound of the surf, feel the warmth of the sun on my skin… I can hear the voice of Ms. Jones, soft, sultry, creamy, crooning to me to come away…
Kingston Seashore, Guyana, South America.
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Today we honour one of the more famous of the Street Photographers, Henri Cartier-Bresson (born August 22, 1908). I won’t try to mimic or even come close to his type and style of street photography… but here’s a Georgetown Scene for you.
Morning Munchies
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