Showing posts with label Slice of Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slice of Life. Show all posts

Friday, November 25, 2011

白沙浮半日闲




武吉斯街,也叫白沙浮,人潮汹涌,嘈杂无比,却酝酿着浓浓的生活气息。

我拿着相机,融入争相购物的人群,川流不息的人流,精彩的讨价还价声,仿佛置身在台湾士林夜市,又像在香港的女人街,或昔日的吉隆坡茨厂街,只差没有迷失在时空交错中。

我不徐不疾地走着,看着。与世无争的心境如此平静踏实,虽然周遭众生喧哗热闹,我无需禅坐,也几乎进入无我的状态。

印上喜力啤酒(Heineken)的背心高挂一边,莫名的吸引了我的视线;是品牌的魔力,抑或是前世因缘呢?

走着走着,就穿越整条街市,出现眼前的又是截然不同的景色。

只见三轮车夫悠然的等着游客上门,不禁想起小时候乘搭三轮车上学的情景。

原想喝杯喜力啤酒解渴,却遇到亲切的冰淇淋叔叔慈祥的笑颜,再次触动心弦。谁说人生的梦必定要非富即贵?谁说市井小民没有梦?


Thursday, November 3, 2011

寂寞摄影者 (Wet Day)



年尾,东北季候风和往年一样飘洋过海,沿途探访星马两地的亲朋戚友,也带来了连绵的浪漫礼物- 雨天。

适逢周末,带了妻女到狮城年终购物,当然也不忘记带另一知心伴侣随行- 佳能相机与镜头。

用过午饭后,妻女们开始逛街购买衣裤,我也开始穿街走巷上一个人的摄影课。

走了没多久,一场豪雨滂沱而下,霎时鸡飞狗走,小贩们急急收档,路人们四处避雨,我站在五脚基上,眼观四方,雨中即景尽入眼帘,上了一堂有趣的雨天摄影课。

雨天,对露天小贩无疑是一大打击,生意都不能做了。但得以趁机偷他个半日闲倒也不错。

小孩们完全没有愁绪,快活地谈天说地,继续他们之间不见不散的约定。少年不知愁滋味这句话太贴切了。

最浪漫的情景当然是出双入对的有情人,不论老少,和伴侣共撑一把伞,雨水的寒意,永远冷不着心中那丝暖意。

最寂寞的,莫过于这街头摄影者,蹲在湿漉漉的五脚基上,一个人拍摄豪雨落在栏杆上的孤寂景象。。。
 


When I used a compact film camera sometimes ago, I always thought that rainy day is a lousy day for taking photographs. However, as I was exposed more to DSLR photography, I realized that wet weather too make for good photography subject.

I was doing some street photography on this weekend, when a sudden downpour came and provided me with the opportunity to take some candid shots of people’s reaction in a rainy day.

The street hawkers were busy wrapping up their stalls.

Teenage kids were undeterred by the rain, continuing their journey to their prearranged outing.

Couples, young and old, were seen sharing the umbrella and care for each other in a cold rainy scene that instead warm up people’s heart.

The lonely street photographer was left confined at the five-foot-way photographing the heavy downpour in front of the railing….

Thursday, October 20, 2011

葬花


人生如戏,有令人心酸的,有感人的,有温馨的,有香艳的,有离奇的,也有令人愤怒的。

一群好友结伴出海钓鱼,渔船被撞翻丢失两条人命。其中一人挺身奋死游向一艘渔船求救时被海浪吞没不知去向,留下遗孀与几个月大的婴儿,令人心酸。

南非某海湾有一青年无视鲨鱼警告,跳下海游泳不久便被鲨鱼攻击,所幸有另两位见义勇为的中年人下海相救,才不致丧命。救人之际,有一头海豹围绕着三人引开鲨鱼的注意,耐人寻味。虽然丧失了双脚,总算保住一命。

新加坡一年轻医生远赴希腊出席会议,却离奇失踪,急坏了新婚的妻子。

大陆小童连被二车子辗过,十八路人视若无睹,引起公愤。

虽然深知人生无常,但不胜枚举的命运人生百态,仍旧让人感慨万千。

回到当下却发现不少亲戚朋友们都越来越有温情善心。有者佛性大起,连蚊子都不大开杀戒,我说蚊子吸血不需放过,却不以为意,以能做多少就做多少回应。

做慈善义工的有之,到佛堂义务帮忙的有之,说话感恩声连连的有之,家中蚂蚁不忍用杀虫剂而用扫把扫掉的有之,连砍树亦欲三思的也有之。

唯独还没见到的是葬花的仁人善士。

Life's Sayings

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life, it goes on. (Robert Frost)

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. (Winston Churchill)