Buddhist Morning Offering
I grew up in a quite Buddhist family, but I have long considered myself an atheist. The challenge was to wake up 6AM because I am in no way a morning person. I planned to finish this in the first few days but I couldn't get up.
The camera used is Olympus OM-D EM10 with manual focus lens, Mitakon 25mm f0.95.
Since the lens is manual focus, aperture is not recorded.
24.08.2020 - Monday
I got up at 6AM to take a 30 minute drive to my cousin's house. His place is by the Prapa canal so there is this one monk who rows a tiny boat for morning offering every morning. I hoped to get 10 pictures, but the monk was faster than I thought. He is great at paddling.
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28.08.2020 - Friday
This is the last chance. My mom and I drove around as we don't know the spots for the food offering. These are mostly shots of monks we passed by.
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The first monk we encountered. He walks while the helper is following with a bag on a bike
ss 1/1600, iso 200, f ?, 06.41 am
The next group was two monks. I want to capture how the sky looked so I took it a bit darker.
ss 1/4000, iso 200, f ?, 06.42 am
The monk was leaving.
ss 1/320, iso 400, f ?, 06.49 am
ss 1/250, iso 400, f ?, 06.51 am
I saw him smoking so I asked if I can take a picture. He threw the cigarette away immediately. There was even a no smoking sign in the temple. Another shot was of him changing into more formal dress.
This project is done for Photography class at CommDe, Chulalongkorn University.
