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Breakfast in Pettah #6

December 7, 2022December 6, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_0094d.jpg — A cook at work on Wolfendhal Street. October 2022.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/125 • ISO160 • R6, with RF35/1.8 from Canon/Metropolitan}

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Posted in activities, explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 35mm, black and white photography, black&white, breakfast, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, city, Colombo, cook, cooking, eatery, eating, environmental portrait, everyday Sri Lanka, food, Hulftsdorf, Hulftsdorp, kadé, Kochchikade, Kotahena, life in the city, monochrome, monochrome portrait, Pettah, portrait photography, portraits, pub/bar/restaurant, R6, Sri Lanka, street, street food, street photography, street portrait, streets of Colombo, urban, urban life, Wolfendhal Street, Wolvendaal, young man

Morning Tea in Pettah

November 17, 2022November 16, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/064a0048.jpg — John purveys his super tea all along 4th Cross Street and the surrounding warren of lanes and alleys that make up the Keyzer Street Market, offering the naattamis, traders, and lorry drivers a refreshing break in their work of hauling, stocking, and selling the dry goods that keep the city fed. Colombo, September 2022.

_{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/640 • ISO400 • Canon R6 & RF 35/1.8 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

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Breakfast in Pettah #4

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 David Blacker2 Comments

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/img_0098.jpg — Wolfendhal Street, Kotahena. October 2022.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/80 • ISO160 • R6 & RF35/1.8 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Posted in explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 35mm, breakfast, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, city, Colombo, eatery, eating, everyday Sri Lanka, food, Hulftsdorf, Hulftsdorp, kadé, Kochchikade, Kotahena, life in the city, Pettah, portrait photography, portraits, pub/bar/restaurant, R6, Sri Lanka, street, street food, street photography, street portrait, streets of Colombo, urban, urban life, Wolfendhal Street, Wolvendaal

Life, in the Valley of the Wolves

November 2, 2022November 9, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/img_0107.jpg — Armed police on Wolfendhal Lane, in Hulftsdorp. October 2022.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/2000 • ISO160 • R6 & RF 35/1.8 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Posted in cityscapes, explorations, life, people, street, urbanTagged 35mm, Aluthkade, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, cityscapes, Colombo, Hulftsdorf, Hulftsdorp, landscape photography, life in the city, police, policemen, R6, Sri Lanka, street, street photography, streets of Colombo, urban life, Wolfendhal Street, Wolvendaal

Good Morning, Kandy #8

November 1, 2022October 31, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

Anuradha Perera, shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy, in October 2018.

^{• 24mm • f/8 • 1/320 • ISO800 •}

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The Shoe Salesman

February 19, 2020June 9, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

The Shoe Salesman #2 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — Prince Street, Pettah, in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo. January 2020.

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Posted in explorations, life, people, street, urbanTagged 24mm, 600D, business, businessman, Colombo, colourful, commerce, environmental portrait, footwear, life in Colombo, life in the city, people, Pettah, retail, salesman, shoe shop, shoe store, shoes, Sri Lanka, street, street photography, streets of Colombo, travel, travel photography, urban, urban life

Schoolgirl, Kandy, Sri Lanka

February 12, 2020January 3, 2021 David BlackerLeave a comment

Schoolgirl, Kandy, Sri Lanka by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — Shot on assignment for Smart Media and Gateway College, in November 2018.

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Portrait of a Naattami

February 6, 2020June 9, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Portrait of a Naattami, Pettah, Sri Lanka by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — A naattami takes a break from unloading a lorry to pose for my camera. Keyzer Street, January 2020

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Superman

January 29, 2020June 9, 2020 David Blacker1 Comment

The Superman of Keyzer Street by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — A naattami unloads onions from a lorry on Keyzer Street. Colombo, Sri Lanka. January 2020.

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Naattamis & Lorries, Keyzer Street, Pettah

January 28, 2020June 9, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Naattamis & Lorries, Keyzer Street, Pettah by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — Naattamis, take a break and wait for more lorries to arrive to be unloaded. Sri Lanka, January 2020.

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