monkic

joined 1 year ago
 

Image description: a bowl of incense sticks sits on a table facing the sea outside of Pulau Ubin

[–] monkic@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you! 🙇‍♀️ this is the vegan ramen store at Team Star Lab in Kyoto!

 

Image description: a silhouetted figure queues up at a ramen outlet bathed in warm light

[–] monkic@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually do and that’s why I’m a bad street photographer hahaha. Nowadays I do try to ask for the quickest consent by waiting before I click the shutter and making sure the subject sees me (and maybe making hand gestures like pointing at the camera and then doing a thumbs up)—some will see and go on their day, some will pose, and some will protest, at which point I stop and apologise. I know by doing this I lose the “spontaneity” of street photography that street photographers love so much. I also have friends who are more of “shoot first and ask for consent later”. Otherwise most street photographers I know personally or read about do seem to feel like they can take strangers’ photos with no qualms.

 

Image description: an orange crane platform stands in front of a building called The Working Capitol while a tall residential skyscraper Pinnacle@Duxton looms in the background

 

Image description: a glimpse through the windows of a Kyoto Starbucks—at the center of the frame is an old man reading a book.

[–] monkic@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much for your kind words 🥹🙇‍♀️

 

Image description: close up of oranges amongst green leaves in the Imperial Palace, Kyoto

 

Image description: a photo of a stairway corridor bisected by a handlebar bathed in morning sunlight

 

Image description: an old man sits under the shelter of Buddha Tooth Relic

 

Image description: an SMRT train stops beside the green Buona Vista MRT station in Singapore with an overcast sky as background

 

Image description: a living room consisting of a sofa and coffee table in front of a blue-curtained window bathed in golden light that also contours the outlines of the furniture