What happened was, Ryan, a fellow wedding photographer casually asked if we should find some wedding photographers and videographers to go on a street shoot together.

So I asked on a Instagram post to see if anyone wanted to join us if we had arranged.

Eventually, the photo walk that was supposedly a smaller scale one, quickly escalated to a bigger one that I had to scramble to seek help in finding a space to house everyone lol. It seemed like the wedding scene peeps has been waiting for a moment like this, to meet and chat with industry vendors but never had the opportunity.

Until I innocently asked one day.

So, we have finally arrived in the month of August. August, in Singapore, is traditionally a lull month for wedding creatives because of the ‘Hungry Ghost Festival / 七月’. During this period, weddings are normally avoided because many Chinese believe that it is not a good month to hold auspicious activities.

I wouldn’t dare call myself a street photographer. In this day and age, who would? Oh wait - unless you’re one of those ‘photographers’ on the streets approaching pretty ladies, asking them for a photo. Heard that they are rampant on TikTok. ‘Hi I’m a street photographer, can I take your picture?” is how they begin. Cringe much. Even in China, they are getting increasingly popular. Even Straits Times term them ‘street photographers’ in this article here. Got to do your research, team at ST : (

But what I can claim, is that I love photographing on the street a lot. In fact, I got my start in this career, photographing on the streets.

There are so many things I had wanted to do, but never really found the time to, especially after my first kid. One of it was visiting the neighbourhoods that I grew up in, or rather, neighbourhood. I have lived in Tampines all my life. Yes, even now that I’m married with a kid.

I tried to have fun with this one, and casually said that the theme of my CBD (Central Business District) shoot will be ‘birds’. I really had no idea where I was going with this but I had fun nonetheless. Shoutout to my photography friends who came along and tried really hard to be bird spotters. A career after retiring awaits us.