Around the Temple Street Market
One of the things that drew us back to Hong Kong was the sights and the seafood at the Temple Street Night Market. Last time we’d eaten at the Tong Tai Seafood restaurant and were blown away by the huge tasty scallops and sensational Singapore noodles for dirt cheap. This time around we just had to go back. We were there sorta early this time around. Right when stuff was really starting to come to life. It wasn’t quite as crazy as last time but still a bit hectic. We got the scallops again and a whole cooked fish. I don’t know if it was just nostalgia or what but they didn’t seem quite as good as last time. By no means were they bad just not quite as good as last time. Still enjoyable and afterwards we wandered around for some time just shooting whatever and taking in all the life and the colors.
Here’s a look at some of what we saw around Mong Kok and then Jordan, Yau Ma Tei and the Market itself.
I Want my MTV
Lunch
Kowloon
Lily Kowloon
Lily Kowloon
Stretcher
Temple Street Temple
Lighting Incense
Temple Street Kitty
Temple Street Prints
Temple Street Park
Temple Street SEX!
Temple Street Acsexeries
Temple Street Love Doll
Fannie
Fannie Photo
Temple Street Dudes
Temple Street Scene
Body Massage
Neon Smokers
Yellow
The Best Scallops Around
Temple Street Kid
Temple Street Beard
Temple Street Etc-6
Temple Street Reflection
Hair Style
Score Card
Temple Street Blue
Public LIght Bus
Neon Lily
Jordan Curry
Self Kowloon Reflection
Kowloon Nights-3
Temple Street Alleyway
Kowloon Nights-6
Temple Street Dog Walk
Kowloon Nights-9
Temple Street Pano
Temple Street Eats
Suits and Porn
Kowloon Nights-13
Kowloon Nights-14
Kowloon Nights-15
Kowloon Nights-16
Camera info etc. All shot with Nikon D600, 24mm F1.4 lens and 85mm 1.8 lens. More settings etc can be had by clicking on the image and going to flickr where you can view the exif data. I recently purchased the VSCO Film pack 2 for Lightroom to help speed up processing time. So far I’m really digging it. So much so that when they announced the Film Pack 3 last week for 50% off if you have the other packs I couldn’t resist and got it too. It’s supposed to look like a lot of the Polaroid film emulsions and as one who shoots Polaroid from time to time I’d say it does a pretty good job. They have different strengths and color temps etc so you can get a nice “normal” look up to an extreme almost cross processed or even expired film look. So far it has my approval.
Amazing shots!!
Amazing photos! You really capture all of the street market expression!
Reblogged this on Taylor Smith Photography and commented:
So many interesting things going on in these set of photographs. They look like just normal, boring things but once you start to look theres so much to look at.