Elia Locardi Shows Us the Best Locations to Photograph Singapore In P.T.W. BTS Ep. 12

In Episode 12 of Photographing The World Behind the Scenes, we spend our final three days in Singapore. Elia teaches one final lesson for the Cityscape photography tutorial, but the highlight of our time in Singapore was spent with the locals.

Elia's friend Edward gave us a tour of the city and the "digital mall," which was filled with 20 camera stores. Each of these stores was packed full of high end photography equipment. It was so strange to see so many professional camera stores in one place. Especially since in Charleston, S.C., where I'm from, there isn't a single store to buy professional gear.

After eating my first "pig organ soup" (and actually really liking it), we moved on to The Sail building to photograph the city from an interesting perspective. Elia decided to dangle our Sony A7S over the edge of the building using a Magic Arm. By using a fisheye lens Elia was able capture a really creepy looking shot.

In post he was able to bring out the detail while still bumping the contrast.

That night we were treated to a wild night out with another one of Elia's friends, Victor. Victor ended up buying us an amazing meal and then taking us out to one club after another. Many of these venues never made it into the BTS video. The final bar ended up being in some sort of mall.

Patrick was convinced to trade shoes with one of the girls in the bar and we were able to capture plenty of incriminating photos and videos.

On our final night in Singapore we planned a photography meetup. I was shocked by how many photographers came out, and also how many came out because they knew Elia. Everyone who attended was so kind to us and we finished the night trying more amazing local food.

Singapore was an amazing place to visit and photograph. It feels so new and clean (similar to Dubai), but you can also visit undeveloped parts of the city by walking for just a few minutes. If you are ever on that side of the world I would highly suggest you check it out.

To learn more about this full cityscape photography tutorial, click here.

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Lee Morris is a professional photographer based in Charleston SC, and is the co-owner of Fstoppers.com

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11 Comments

Enjoyed that! Great fun.

I have to admit that I like the before image better. The after image is just too much HDR looking for my taste, but maybe that was intended for the sake of the tutorial. (As in - overdone on purpose so the change is visible after video compression).
Anyway, keep them coming! It's always a pleasure to look at Elia's images.
Cudos!

:D :D look so fun !!

All these BTS videos only make me hungry :P

Funny how i used to go often for holidays before I began my photographic journey but since turning pro I'm yet to visit Singapore again.

Patrick looks like he is missing Mc Donalds again ;-)

Anyway I am so envious.

Thanks Lee for posting these original articles. It is refreshing to see an Fstoppers post that isn't a re-post from another website or youtube channel. Well done and keep these kind of articles coming!

glad you're enjoying them!

Amazing stuff as usual! Quick question, which DJI do you use - standard or pro? Thx!

Phantom 2 with GoPro silver

Incredible video, Lee! Very fun and informative, thanks for sharing this tour. For anyone looking for more places to explore and shoot, I invite you to check out an app that I am working for called Explorest. We have over 150+ locations in Singapore. Seeking to aid both travelers and photographers to discover and explore the most incredible places around the world, our application has just launched in Hong Kong and we’ll be expanding to New York and many more places soon! We hope to make it much easier for travelers and photographers alike to find and experience these locations for themselves. Check it out if you have some spare time! https://www.explorest.com/

Anyone wanting to check out more of Singapore's amazing photo locations is invited to check out PhotoHound's guide to Singapore - https://www.photohound.co/guide/singapore We've got loads of great locations and hundreds of inspirational images to browse. Signup is free and if you capture some great shots here you're welcome to add it to our world map.