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Friday, December 20, 2024

Melbourne Candid Series #920 Collins St

 


The luxurious part of the street 

Collins Street in Melbourne is renowned as a hub for luxury shopping, offering an upscale experience that attracts both locals and tourists. Known as the “Paris End” of the street, it’s lined with some of the world’s most prestigious fashion houses, high-end boutiques, and exclusive brands.

The street’s opulent atmosphere is accentuated by historic buildings with stunning architecture, creating a unique blend of old-world charm and modern elegance. Iconic stores such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Prada have established their presence here, alongside renowned Australian luxury brands like Aesop and Zimmermann.

In addition to high fashion, Collins Street also boasts exquisite jewelers, including Tiffany & Co. and Bulgari, offering an array of fine jewelry and timepieces. Whether you’re in the market for couture clothing, bespoke accessories, or exquisite gifts, Collins Street is the ultimate destination for those seeking sophistication and luxury.

Shoppers can also enjoy an array of fine dining options and cafes, making it not just a shopping destination but a lifestyle experience. From the grand department stores to the charming side streets, Collins Street represents the epitome of style, quality, and elegance in Melbourne.


Sony A7RV

FE 35mm f1.4 GM

Love the afternoon sun 

Check out Candid 680





Friday, June 23, 2023

Melbourne Candid Series #365 Lygon Street Carlton

 


Lygon Street pub corner 

Rather bustling atmosphere in this dying part of town 


Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM


I come across this argument in a local street photography forum "Edit or no edit" 


"If you post process, it doesn't mean that you haven't learned the equipment or your style. In fact some who post process know their equipment intimately knowing very well the bounds of the tools available to them.

Also, post processing predates digital by a long way. Are those who dodged and burned in the darkroom not real photographers, or photographers with extra skill sets?

If you take what you can get out of in camera jpeg as a strict constraint, that means that you have accepted the choices your camera's engineers made for prioritising highlights, shadows, saturation etc. Even if you're a 100% manual shooter, you have accepted that you're going to let the camera make a lot of decisions on processing for you.

If you shoot raw and post process, you are no less of a photographer because of it. If you choose an in camera preset or film sim, again you have accepted someone else's choices for final processing.

If you have files from 2008 in low light, they look noisy because digital cameras sucked at low light in 2008. If you feed those old photos into software in 2023 that can recognise sensor noise and correct it with a high degree of accuracy, it doesn't mean that you didn't know how to use a camera in 2008. You may have just accepted noise as a trade-off for a reasonable exposure.

If you have a camera released this year and push iso in a difficult situation to get the shot rather than not, knowing that software in 2023 can correct sensor noise really well, it doesn't mean that you didn't learn your equipment. It could just mean that you know enough to get the shot rather than not."


Check out Candid 216 and FACE OFF




Saturday, March 18, 2023

Melbourne Street Candid #268 Collins Street Arcade

 


Collins Street Arcade


Panasonic G9

Leica 15mm f1.8 


Check out Candid 132


Friday, February 17, 2023

Melbourne Candid Series #239 Flinders Street Candid

 


Flinders Street crosswalk - Sun is glaring into people's faces


Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6


Check out Candid 101



Saturday, May 6, 2023

Melbourne Candid Series #317 Spencer Street, Melbourne

 


Spencer Street, Melbourne

A concrete jungle in this part of CBD


Sony A7RIV

FE 24mm f1.4 


Check out Candid 194




Monday, November 14, 2022

Melbourne Candid Series #144

 


Off Spencer Street - Car dealer receptionist 

Pentax K20D 

FA 77mm f1.8 limited


See Other Spencer Street Posts




Sunday, January 12, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #943 Beach Rd St Kilda

 


I thought roller blade is no longer cool

Sony A7RV

FE 50mm f1.2 GM

Check out Candid 702

Indeed, the realm of prize-winning street photography often seems dominated by themes of poverty or the horrors of war. This trend tends to overshadow genuine street photography, which frequently goes unappreciated. It is rather disheartening. I must acknowledge the need to seek out photographers in Melbourne who have a genuine passion for this genre.



Sunday, June 18, 2023

Melbourne Candid Series #360 Elizebath St, Melbourne

 


I attempted 135mm fixed focal length to do a trial candid shoot in street. Quite a different perspective. The folks in camera club often told me not to use telephoto lenses in street photography.


Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM


Check out Candid 213



Monday, June 12, 2023

Melbourne Candid Series #354 Fitzroy Street, Melbourne

 


Another delivery driver in the dying business

Fitzroy Street, Melbourne


Sony A7RV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM


Check out Candid 209


Thursday, March 9, 2023

Melbourne Street Candid #259 Street advertising on South Bank pavement

 


Free advertising on the pavement at South Bank 


Panasonic G9

Leica 12mm f1.4 


Check out Candid 123



Friday, December 2, 2022

Melbourne Candid Series #162

 



He is quite charming. There are a lot of ladies screaming in the audience. 

Some tell me street photography is easy. But taking good street photography is very hard. 


Federation Square, Melbourne


Canon 5D 

EF 135mm f2 L


This is linking to Black and White Photo Hub










Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Melbourne Candid Series #416 Hopetoun Tea Room

 


It is very popular

When the Hopetoun Tea Rooms opens in its new home on the corner of Bourke and McKillop Streets later this year, it will continue a 128-year legacy.

 

After more than a century in the Block Arcade – where generations of Melburnians have queued for a pot of tea, a slice of cake and a piece of history – the institution announced in 2020 that it would be moving to a new CBD site after a change of ownership.

 

The local treasure will reopen this summer in the grand 163-year-old Bourke Street building that was formerly home to Kozminsky jewellery, under the stewardship of new owner Vikram Singh. But before then, Hopetoun’s sought-after cakes, pastries and house-blended teas are available at its new shop.

 

Hopetoun Bakeshop – located at the new site – is a “modern take on a traditional English bakery”, says Singh, with heritage-green walls, marble counters and gold trimmings, as well as shelves lined with loose-leaf teas, house-made jams and relishes, and a collection of teaware.

 

A display case is crammed with spongy gateaux, delicate biscuits, seasonal fruit tarts and savoury sandwiches, pies and pasties geared towards the grab-and-go crowd. But those dining in can watch the pastry chefs at work in their new kitchen, which will also function as the “engine room” for the tea rooms.

 

“We were in a very small space in the Block Arcade,” says Singh, who was a Hopetoun customer before saving the stalwart from closure when it went into administration in 2020.

“People knew the brand because it had been running in the same space for such a long time. But it was constrained, especially the kitchen,” says Singh. “It was set up to prepare scones and sandwiches, but people’s eating habits have changed – they want more variety, and, at the same time, really good quality … the art of pastry has evolved so much. We couldn’t have taken the brand to the next level in that place.”

 

When the tea rooms reopen in December, the building will house a ground-floor dining room, afternoon tea service on level one, and on the top floor, a function space for bridal parties, baby showers and so on.

“It was important we remain in a heritage building that has a bit of history,” says Singh. “Melbourne is well-known for its food expertise, so how do we differentiate ourselves? We’re offering people a piece of history.

 

When Singh and the team landed on the former Kozminsky building, they also found a surprise connection to Hopetoun. “Lady Hopetoun [the wife of the Governor of Victoria from 1889 to 1895, and the shop’s namesake] was a customer of Kozminsky jewellers, and we’ve got some photos where she actually modelled in a newspaper wearing Kozminsky jewellery.”

History and heritage are inextricably tied to the Hopetoun brand, and Singh has no intention of changing that. “Our customer base – some of whom have been going to Hopetoun for 60 years – have been telling us beautiful stories of how they went with their grandmother and now they’d like to take their granddaughter. We don’t want to change.”

 

“I come from a tea-loving nation, India,” says Singh. “So the tea part really excited me. I want to promote good-quality tea drinking, which is what’s lacking in Australia. People still see tea as the humble teabag.”

 

A signature of the tea rooms is its traditional afternoon tea service featuring dainty sandwiches, pastries and scones. While that’s on hold until the new space opens, the bake shop is offering a Devonshire tea, including those scones topped with house-made berry jam and Gippsland Jersey clotted cream.

 

The tea rooms will open in late 2023 at 421 Bourke Street, Melbourne.

 

Collins Arcade

Sony A7RIV

FE 14mm f1.8 GM


Check out Candid 259




Friday, March 17, 2023

Melbourne Street Candid #267 De Graves St, Melbourne

 


The street is filled with overpriced cafes


Pansaonc G9 

Leica 15mm f1.8 


Check out Candid 131



Friday, July 21, 2023

Melbourne Candid Series #393 Hopetoun Tea Rooms est. 1892 421 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000

 


Hopetoun Tea Rooms est. 1892 



Outside this family eatery

When the Hopetoun Tea Rooms opens in its new home on the corner of Bourke and McKillop Streets later this year, it will continue a 128-year legacy.

 

After more than a century in the Block Arcade – where generations of Melburnians have queued for a pot of tea, a slice of cake and a piece of history – the institution announced in 2020 that it would be moving to a new CBD site after a change of ownership.

 

The local treasure will reopen this summer in the grand 163-year-old Bourke Street building that was formerly home to Kozminsky jewellery, under the stewardship of new owner Vikram Singh. But before then, Hopetoun’s sought-after cakes, pastries and house-blended teas are available at its new shop.

 

Hopetoun Bakeshop – located at the new site – is a “modern take on a traditional English bakery”, says Singh, with heritage-green walls, marble counters and gold trimmings, as well as shelves lined with loose-leaf teas, house-made jams and relishes, and a collection of teaware.

 

A display case is crammed with spongy gateaux, delicate biscuits, seasonal fruit tarts and savoury sandwiches, pies and pasties geared towards the grab-and-go crowd. But those dining in can watch the pastry chefs at work in their new kitchen, which will also function as the “engine room” for the tea rooms.

 

“We were in a very small space in the Block Arcade,” says Singh, who was a Hopetoun customer before saving the stalwart from closure when it went into administration in 2020.

“People knew the brand because it had been running in the same space for such a long time. But it was constrained, especially the kitchen,” says Singh. “It was set up to prepare scones and sandwiches, but people’s eating habits have changed – they want more variety, and, at the same time, really good quality … the art of pastry has evolved so much. We couldn’t have taken the brand to the next level in that place.”

 

When the tea rooms reopen in December, the building will house a ground-floor dining room, afternoon tea service on level one, and on the top floor, a function space for bridal parties, baby showers and so on.

“It was important we remain in a heritage building that has a bit of history,” says Singh. “Melbourne is well-known for its food expertise, so how do we differentiate ourselves? We’re offering people a piece of history.

 

When Singh and the team landed on the former Kozminsky building, they also found a surprise connection to Hopetoun. “Lady Hopetoun [the wife of the Governor of Victoria from 1889 to 1895, and the shop’s namesake] was a customer of Kozminsky jewellers, and we’ve got some photos where she actually modelled in a newspaper wearing Kozminsky jewellery.”

History and heritage are inextricably tied to the Hopetoun brand, and Singh has no intention of changing that. “Our customer base – some of whom have been going to Hopetoun for 60 years – have been telling us beautiful stories of how they went with their grandmother and now they’d like to take their granddaughter. We don’t want to change.”

“I come from a tea-loving nation, India,” says Singh. “So the tea part really excited me. I want to promote good-quality tea drinking, which is what’s lacking in Australia. People still see tea as the humble teabag.”

A signature of the tea rooms is its traditional afternoon tea service featuring dainty sandwiches, pastries and scones. While that’s on hold until the new space opens, the bake shop is offering a Devonshire tea, including those scones topped with house-made berry jam and Gippsland Jersey clotted cream.

The tea rooms will open in late 2023 at 421 Bourke Street, Melbourne.





Sony A7RIV + FE 14mm f1.8 GM

Check out Candid 234

and FACE OFF


Saturday, February 18, 2023

Melbourne Candid Series #240 Flinders Street Candid

 


Flinders Station candid - last few days, the style of street shoot is via an ultra-wide-angle lens. It is manual as well. The feel is very different both in angle and complexion. 

Sony A7RIV

Laowa 9mm f5.6


Check out Candid 103


Saturday, January 11, 2025

Melbourne Candid Series #942 Acland St St Kilda

 


Cicciolina during the quiet hour 

Sony A7RV

FE 24mm f1.4 GM


Check out Candid 701

It has been over three years since I started this blog, and I never anticipated it would last this long. My previous attempts at creating one ended in failure. A dear friend, who shares my passion for hobbies, once told me that my blog lacked the classic, confrontational candid photography feel. Over time, I noticed that my ambition and skill set have deteriorated. I find myself imitating Instagram-style street photography, which is not truly my forte. I have also succumbed to the popular culture prevalent on social media.

I am now questioning whether this type of "faceless" street photography is really what my readers desire. I would greatly appreciate your comments and feedback.


Sunday, November 6, 2022

Melbourne Candid Series #136

 


Street fiddler at De Graves Street Melbourne


Pentax K20D 

FA 43mm f1.9 limited


This is linking Face Off Meme


Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 limited






Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Melbourne Street Candid #257 Melbourne South Bank at night

 


The night in South Bank Melbourne can be very chilled. Gelato there is not very good. But good enough for a snap.

Over the next few weeks, I would not have a reliable access to WiFi due to travel. All the posts here will be scheduled in advance. I thank you for all the support since I started this street candid blog. I will visit your blogs whenever I have a chance. 


Panasonic G9

Leica 42.5mm f1.2


Check out Candid 121