Brian Q. Webb
I honestly don’t know why I don’t go here more often. It’s fairly close to my home, it’s got some great games for my kids to play, great food to eat, great shopping to do, and great culture to experience. Oh, and there are some great photographic opportunities, too.
So here are some pictures of Raohe Night Market in Taipei, taken during my most recent visit this past Saturday.
How would you like a FREE copy of Easy Release for your iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad? I want to give you one. Seriously, I do. And all it takes is a comment for you to win.
I’m going to start with a preemptive “No, not because the iPad 2 has a camera.” because, let’s face it, the camera in the iPad is crap. You’re better off using the camera in your phone in a pinch if just for awkward hold-ability reasons. And I guess I should also clearly state that it’s not because the screen is better. The iPad 2 retains the same 720p resolution display with ‘magical’ oliophobic coating that ‘magically’ exaggerates finger marks. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s begin at the beginning.
So, yeah, yesterday was my birthday. There was cake and well-wishes, all of which were greatly appreciated. It also rained all week. Again. I think this makes 3 weeks straight minus a couple brief hours sunshine.
Moving on, these are the street photos I’ve taken over the past week.
It has rained almost without pause for the last week in Taipei. That isn’t a complaint. Quite the contrary. I actually like rain and will pick a cool, rainy November day over a hot, humid August day without a moment’s hesitation. Perhaps it’s because of my upbringing in the perpetually precipitation-challenged Los Angeles…or my multiple layers of natural insulation? Photographically-speaking, rain creates a great atmosphere with which to record images.
And I tried to take advantage of that this week.
If I’m to be polite, I would describe Eyal Binehaker as a street photography purist. Others not so polite might replace the word ‘purist’ with something else, but the point is that he has a strict concept of what street photography is and he critiques other’s works based on that concept. Normally, a person with such a rigid view would be open to criticism of having such an absolutist view, but Eyal is difficult to criticize.
He is not the judgmental hypocrite that most absolutists are. He practices what he preaches in his own work, which is why I’m so happy to feature it here. His stuff rocks.
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