‘Decisive moments’ with London’s red buses
© 2012-2021 Jacqueline Lau
Category: Photography
After a series of peaceful demonstrations for preserving a recreational area in Istanbul… … Turkish police attacked the protesters violently with tear gas and water cannon, directly targeting their faces and bodies… … Turkish media, directly controlled by the government or have business and political ties with it, refuse to cover the incidents. Press agencies have also blocked the information flow. Please share this message for the world to become aware of the police state created by AKP of Recep Tayyip Erdogan [the Turkish Prime Minister]… — Leaftlet handed out at the Turkish protest in London A sizeable gathering of…
I took a little detour today while on a grocery run, thinking that I’d dip into the garden square itself for some random street photography. Seeing how nice the weather’s been lately, I thought I’d add a splash of colour into the mix. While fiddling with my camera settings – I had just taken the camera out of my bag – I ran into a hobo, his shirt unbuttoned halfway down, and sneaked a shot. He then came up real close (too close!) and went, “Oh you’d like a photo would’ya, here I’ll giveya some action.” And he swung a…
A female domestic house spider (Tegenaria domestica), relocated from my bedside to somewhere outdoors. It should be warm enough for them out there now. Played around with three different cameras, producing vastly different pictures:
Nikon D7100 + SB-800 flashgun, using a hastily-assembled DIY lightbox out of a light bulb box
How it all began In 2006, a photographer friend asked me along to the ‘No More Fallujahs’ peace camp at Parliament Square, where anti-war campaigners were demanding an end to the UK/US military occupation of Iraq. It sounded exciting. It was all new ground to me, photographically and otherwise. I was tempted, but hesitant. Coming from a country that has near-zero tolerance for dissent, and where a gathering of more than five persons could potentially be considered an illegal assembly, my nervousness then was understandable: But we’re not the press! Is it okay? Will we get into trouble? Will it…