Photography Priority

A photographer likes to capture images that are pleasing to his eyes. The photographs he takes reflect his personal taste, his style, his inclination.
     Earlier in my phographic journey I was fond of making pictures of pictorial sceneries,  I travelled to remote parts of China with my photo-pals in search of images.  We have been to¦èÂÃ, ·sæ, «C®ü, ¶³«n, ¶Q¦{, µØ¤s, ®ÛªL, ¥|¤t®Z¬Ü¤s, ´ò«n±i®a¬É, ¶À¤s, Ĭ¦{, ªC¦{, ¤W®ü, µLÁí, «n¨Ê, ¥_¨Ê, ®õ¤s, ®ü«n®q, ¸f¥_, and more places I have forgotten than remembered.
     We were enthusiastic in achieving high rankings in the International Photography Salon Circuit °ê»ÚÄá¼v¨FÀs . Many of my friends made "Who's Who in year XXXX". That means their accumulated score of the year put them among the top ten ranking in the world ¥@¬ÉÄá¼v¤Q³Ç. Some of those friends even came FIRST in some of those years. There was never one year, since 1967, that a Hong Kong photographer did not placed inside the Top Ten in the Circuit.
     Aside from photographic competitions, we were fond of collecting titles from world recognized photographic societies such as The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) ­^°ê¬Ó®aÄá¼v¾Ç·| ; Photographic Society of America (PSA) ¬ü°êÄá¼v¾Ç·|; Fédération Internationale de l' ArtPhotographique (FIAP) °ê»Ú¼vÃÀÁp·ù ; Photographic Society of Hong Kong http://www.pshk-photo.org.hk/  (PSHK); Chinese Photographic Association (CPA) http://www.cpahk.net/ and many more. Miss Sophia Cheung ±i²QÅw®v©j has acquired over fifty titles, all Fellows, in her photographic career, which is still ongoing!
     Now that I am growing long in the tooth, participating in long exhausting photographic expeditions carrying 25kg of equipment seem less and less appealing; while more and more foreboding. Staying home in Hong Kong and joining young photographers in capturing beautiful young models seem to be the call of the day.
     In my albums here, you will not find any of my earlier works, because they were all captured in 135mm, and 6x6cm film format. Converting them to digital format is extremely time consuming, and the effect may not be as I required. Perhaps that was due largely to my limited ability to do gymnastics with computer software.
     The photographic equipment I used twenty years ago is very similar to those we use today. The camera bodies are outdated, doubtlessly; but a top quality lens is still a top quality lens. 
     In my arsenal, I have:
        Canon cameras: AS-1; EOS 1-n; EOS 5; EOS D60; EOS 5D; EOS 5D mark II; EOS-1000; Power Shot G-10.  Canon Lens:17-35/2.8; 24-105/4; 28-70/2.8; 70-200/2.8; 75-300/4-5.6; 35/1.4; 50/1.2; 85/1.2; 100/2.5; 135/2 ; 600/4; 
        Casio EX-1000
        Contax T2
        Hasselblad 503CX with 50/2.8; 80/2.8; 150/2.8; 180/2.8; 250/2.8
        Leica M6 with 35/1.4; 50/1.4; 90/1.4
        Leica R5, R6 with 24/2.8; 35/1.4; 50/1.4; 90/2; 135/2; 180/2.8
        Nikon F1, F2-HP, F3, FE2, FM2 with 50/1.8; 35-135/3.5-4.5

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