HONG KONG TRAILS- URBAN LANDSCAPES

Hong Kong was an amazing experience, a place I had really wanted to visit since my days at university

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On my way through to Cambodia to visit my brother I had a scheduled stopover in Hong Kong with Cathy Pacific airlines and decided to arrange a two day layover to explore the city.  My goal was not do too much research before leaving, take it as it comes, try develop a personal feeling for the place and try document it.

I wasn't disappointed, from walking the streets at three in the morning, exploring with my tripod to experiencing the architecture of the island, the wonder was always accompanied with a sense of freedom and safety to explore.

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The light of the night and the vibrancy of the city stood out to me, there is something in the light in South East Asia that I haven't experienced anywhere else. These are a series of photos on my first night on the mainland side of Hong Kong.

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Using a variety of on camera techniques such as black carding, light painting and longer exposure times, each photograph is a single captured frame.

Its not about the longest exposure times, but about capturing the unpredictability of the various interacting factors .

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I am already not planning another visit