THE TRUTH ON SPT KIDS FROM BIS
Some fans had been asking me what's the "boycott" thing they
heard. Though I had explained to them and they understood - (and
was surprised by what actually took place)...guess it's better to
post this here and clear it up.
Basically...was boycotted because I voiced a different opinion
on how to photograph buses. I was told/taught by the group ppl to
photograph at a standard angle where it's showing 90% side X 10%
front which according to one guy "was the only nice angle" after
they tried a lot of other angles which to them turned out to be
"ugly". Along with that, cannot be "pokked" (partly blocked) by
cars or shadows even by a little bit, cannot have opposing sunlight
direction that causes shadows that darken the subject or the front
of the bus and make it look not nice.
Found that those advices were troublesome to follow, and was
binding me in a box especially the restriction to one 90% side X
10% head angle for every shot. Tried to photograph at other angles,
but instead got criticised as "head (front of bus) too big", "ugly"
"too dark" and "fail shots". Nothing wrong with their standard
angles, but after photographing that same angle repeatedly, some
would get bored too after viewing the same angle shots repeatedly
though of different buses, and continually viewing an album with
the buses photographed at the same angle over and over...you get
the point.
Besides, there's infinite opportunities to capture a shot at any
angle and stuffs. Tried to talk to them about it, that there's more
than just sticking to the standard template and those "rules", and
that photography should be more flexible....not forcing others to
follow what the majority views as best practices. But they saw me
as "not wanting to follow their advices" and so, I left the chat in
frustration and some kid initiated a boycott, hoping that the
boycott will make me rethink my views and not "losing them as
friends". Didn't look back since then.
Yeah it's *that* lame. But I've been photographing more freely
since then without the need to be chained down by some rules every
since that day. Sure, some shots posted here isn't really that top
notch quality, but it's more flexible to capture a shot at least.
Since this year I had also seen overseas bus pages posting photos
that would have technically contradicted that group's "high
quality" standard, but it was a guarantee that I was on the right
track - It may not be a perfect or high quality shot, 20 years
later it might hold more clues for others in the future to see this
snapshot of our transport history....
Same reply like the guy whom push down elderly off the bus-you
can never really trust one sided story. Even if it's the truth, it
can be avoided~ There's no point making a fuss over it.
