Sydney markets: Chinatown night market
Being a strong believer in that you should practice what you preach, I have allocated myself a personal project.
I love street photography and I want to spend time getting to know Sydney through my camera. But I wanted something that was more focused than just a series of images of the different corners of this city.
So I put my thinking cap back on. And – typically, predictably and just so female-ly - starting going off in tangents in my mind regarding shopping, and vintage things that I love, furnishing my new home, and wondering just how good the markets are in this corner of the world. Oh, I do love a good market.
Ting! A lightbulb went off in my head. A quick Google search and without any effort whatsoever, I’ve already got a list of about 15 markets within a 10km radius of where I’m living.
I started on Friday evening at the night market in Chinatown. I don’t often do a lot of nighttime photography, and so this was the perfect opportunity to dust down my tripod. I’m planning on revisiting this one, as I only managed to squeeze in a quick visit, but it’s a good starting point and I’m quite excited about the potential for this series.
You should be, based on the first few images this looks like a promising project that could yield great results. These look like they could have come from a night market in SE or Eastern Asia. I got here through your comment on Matt Brandon’s post today. You’ve a very nice blog.
Hi Ed…thanks for stopping by.
I like the beginnings of this project already! What are those people doing in that first shot? Face painting?
Have you had a look at the 52 suburbs project: http://www.52suburbs.com/
Something close to your home
I don’t know – it looks like some sort of huge tattoo – presumably not a permanent one?!
I follow the 52 suburbs blog – it’s such a fantastic project and good work. She’s been a bit of an inspiration really.