Old Seremban

What do you do when you arrive at a half-deserted small town on a hazy afternoon? You look for compositional elements to liven up your picture.

The yellow box says “No Waiting” but as a photographer you can afford to wait a little. Do not point your camera immediately when you arrive at a location. Walk around and survey with your eyes, not your viewfinder. I saw the lines from across the street and imagined the final capture in my mind.

Charming Seremban town seems to be stuck in a time warp with little new development happening.  Most of the action is now at the newer Seremban 2 and 3, I was told. Sepia toning and vignetting was added to enhance the old world charm.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f10, 1/200 sec.

Old Seremban Town

Line Clear

What do you get when you cross Starsky and Hutch with Siskel and Ebert? You get two thumbs up minus the guns. You still get the same menacing faces, though.

Funny thing about the crew at the iconic Penang restaurant named Line Clear is that whenever you point your camera at them, they will stop whatever they are doing and strike this pose. No smiles, no nothing. Just the same Clint Eastwood poker face with two thumbs up.

Line Clear is one of the oldest and most famous Indian-Muslim Nasi Kandar stalls in Penang. It operates from a side lane and is open 24-hours. Legend has it that the name was derived from shouts of relief when ‘night soil’ carriers finished rushing through the lane, back in the 1930s.

Line Clear Nasi Kandar Restaurant Penang

Dynas Mokhtar In The Spotlight

Met actress Dynas Mokhtar again today, after a long time. The beautiful former model and entrepreneur is now a proud mother of two. Fittingly, she is a brand ambassador for Re-Gen Oil from England. The newly introduced skin treatment is formulated for reducing stretch marks, scars, blemishes and wrinkled skin.

Since I had only one flash with me, I fired it directly for the catwalk look. The spotlight effect was created in Snapseed. Dynas told me this is her better side although I think she looks good from any angle 🙂

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f4.1, 1/60 sec with FL-50R flash.

Dynas Mokhtar In The Spotlight