One night, my 4yo girl took off her top, played and ran around naked. She came to me and sitting on my laps, i was concerned and told her to wear her top so that she won’t catch a cold.

She responded to me: ” Relax dad. You don’t need to worry about me getting sick. It will be ok.”

I was impressed. I adored how fearless and free she is.

And, that’s exactly how i felt with the casual street walk session with PeiWen & YuanFeng. They’re like kids to me. Free, fearless. They came to the photoshoot session, like a blank canvas, without specific expectation and fancy clothes. We had a wonderful morning hangout. The streets became like a collection of playgrounds, for the three of us.

For them, for how much they trusted me and just wanted to have a good time spent outside of their works and everyday life.

For me, for how i truly enjoyed chatting with them, walking the streets without agenda, but my instincts, seeing beautiful light and scenes for compositions into their photos.

I recalled the time when i started my photography career without having many photographer friends. And there were lots of self-doubt moments, even to the finest detail such as i was not sure if this kind of pictures were liked by people, or my editing or colors looked ‘inferior’ to many other photographers’. At that point of time, i didn’t even hear or know of the term ‘presets’ (which is so common nowadays).

So, i always thought that colors are my weakness, to the extents that i told myself: ‘screw it, let me just focus on things other than colors.’ This thought probably helped me to work harder on other aspects, such as composition, creativity and communication with couples.

I supposed, there is no right or wrong. And nowadays, when i see colors, i just like them. I accept them, just as how i acknowledge my personal flaws. With an open heart, it is a journey worth traveling. Flaws make me real; sins make me a human.

I don’t need to reach those ‘perfect’ colors or destination. Because, “it’s better to travel well, than to arrive.” — Buddha.

These photos, are memory capsules, of how Peiwen and YuanFeng encapsulated a wonderful time that they felt so young and energetic, exploring the alleys and town of Singapore.

The big tree that they paused and got mesmerised by \\ the basketball court that they jumped around at \\ the urban stairs that they ran up and down \\ the concrete wall with birds’ poo that they dared lying on \\ the sweats under the hot sun \\ the pure joy of just feeling alive and living in those moments.

Thank you PeiWen & YuanFeng, for instilling such a beautiful memory together and strengthening on the belief of what i do.

– Kai