Illumination in its varying degrees have always fascinated me, and natural lights are an even bigger source of wonder. I’ve been wanting to see the Northern Lights, which I missed because I turned off the
lights too early on my last night in Reykyavik! (Apparently the ever-elusive
Aurora Borealis chose to appear when I was already fast asleep! It's almost like winning lotto and losing it all on the
same day). In visual arts, a subject is able to evoke the intended mood only under the right amount of light. And light is most crucial in photography; balance is most difficult to achieve in natural light, and most especially challenging at night.
Some two weeks back, I went to a couple of locations in
Singapore for a photography session on night shots. It was a humid day when we
set up our tripods near the Merlion, across Marina Bay Sands. I shouldn't be talking about humidity as it won't show in photographs anyways. On the other hand, too much humidity is never conducive for staying out waiting for
the right moment of light. And therefore like light, humidity can affect one's mood! Anyways, enough said. In any case, my group tried to squeeze in among a throng of tourists who were obviously in-the-know in terms of where to get an
unparalleled view of a famous Singapore architecture. Once given our chance, we set up our tripods on the view deck, and waited...and waited for the exact moment to press the shutter.
And below is the product of some two-hours of waiting that almost led to a heat rash!
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| Marina Bay Sands at 5:42pm. |
