365 day photo challenge, here we go.

I know I shouldn't do it, because I'm probably gonna update for about 3 days and call it quits (aka fail).  But you know what, that is why it's called a challenge - because it's difficult.  And it's not in my character to shy away from something due to fear of failure.  Actually, that is precisely my character, but if I tell myself that it's not, then someday it might change. 

Anyways, here are the rules:

I will NOT take a picture everyday.  That is simply impossible.  Heck, I won't even update once a day.  But what I will do is:

1.  Publish a new picture that has never been seen before.  

2.  Publish one picture per day, though it will be updated every 2~3 day or a week.

3.  Write a short caption about the picture - about the content, my philosophy towards photography, or whatever is on my mind. 






Day 1:

I usually know whether a picture is going to be good or not before I press the shutter.  When I saw this - or this section - I knew I was seeing something special.

But after composing and taking the shot, I felt like something was missing.  It was intuitive.  I didn't really know what was wrong, but I knew it was.  After about 10 more shots, I finally had what I wanted, which is what you're seeing.  The two people have what my previous silhouettes lacked - a human trait that differentiates black shadows on a bridge from a human being.  The woman is briskly moving, perhaps to a meeting, perhaps to pickup her children, I don't know.  The man, on the other hand, has the weight of the world pressed onto him.  Stressed out from work, getting a divorce, who knows.  May be he has a gum stuck on his shoe.  But it must be a big gum, because he looks quite worried.

On the bottom, there is the reflection of a gorgeous model.  She's the type of person that you never see in real life, only in fantasy.  I actually like the fact that it's a reflection of the ad and not the real thing, because it makes the ad look more dreamy.  The top portion is the complete opposite - pure boredom. 

Did all this go through my head when I took this picture?  Of course not.  But intuitively, I knew it.  That is why you gotta act quickly in photography.  Ideas are fragile, and you better capture them before they're tainted.