Another Point-of-View

I really enjoy photography. To be more specific, I enjoy taking photographs and then converting them into black and white images. Black and white images are simple and pure. They express purity in the simplest of form; in where colored images would never have could. It expresses a sense of nostalgic and drama, a situation or a scenery frozen in time. Black and white images are truly amazing and for this reason alone, I am dedicating this new chapter on my blog site solely to mono images."

Edress Ryan, my youngest son is now almost two. A bubbly little boy and always full of energy is the sort of character best to describe this humble and adoring little man.

We were in Cameron Highland (a popular highland tourist spot in Pahang, Malaysia) in April, 2010 when I took this picture of him. We had stayed in a very spacious and comfortable apartment which had a playground right at the doorstep. Needless to say, both my sons was ecstatic about the prospect of running around, swinging around and sliding around the playground. I could not blame them, kids will always be kids and I really do enjoy pampering them with things such as this.

The weather was cloudy and the cold mountain breeze blew gently on our faces. Being that there is a constant heat wave in Malaysia currently, the calm atmosphere was truly welcomed by all. Edrees took him by himself to get closely attached to the kiddies slide. It was the only contraption in the playground that he was really fond of. As my youngest son crawled up the green colored slide, slowly yet sure reaching the top, I aimed my glass directly at him. Carefully shifting my focus from one angle to another, I managed to shoot a few frame of Edrees on continuous mode. The weather was great for outdoor shooting and, I always shoot in RAW so I did not have to bother much about white balance and exposures - corrections can be done in post editing.

My aim was to get as much facial expression on Edrees as I could. I wanted to show, in the final result, his intensity, energy and at the same time the adorable force of nature that he truly is. Roughly I took nearly 30 frames of Edrees until I finally decided to stop. In the end, during post editing, I found the single image on that particular evening that sums it all up. His cheeky-ness along with his adorable cute little oval face shows the endless energy of youth. It was truly an amazing mini-adventure for us that day and I am looking forward for our next outing trip together.