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In mid-August 2016, I started out this new night street phonography series Not Quite Night, in which all photographs are taken with my iPhone 6 Plus during the nautical twilight period between 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM Singapore Time (SGT). Nautical twilight occurs during the time when the sun is 6-12 degrees below the horizon. A lot of the color will have faded.

The main reason why I use a Smartphone camera is simply it's light and convenient. Nothing wrong to use a digital SLR camera for that tack sharp image quality and RAW image post-process but NQN is pretty much like an impromptu, guerrilla-style kind of night photography. Wherever I go during the twilight hour and when I spotted a scenery I would take out my phone camera and snap away. For a DSLR, its size is quite bulky, and setting up can take up a certain amount of time especially when a tripod is deployed. This definitely slows me down. During that time period of 30 minutes, I need to work fast, finding the best vantage spots, and make as many different perspective shots as possible. Suffice it to say, a Smartphone camera is obviously the right choice as we carry it with us all the time, never leave home without it.

Well, there's an alternate option which is a mirrorless camera or a point-&-shoot camera. With the advanced digital technology, these cameras are capable of producing tack sharp, good colors high-quality images with fast shutter speed, and low digital noise at super-duper high ISO. Its compact size makes it convenient to carry wherever you go. Hence in early November 2017, I got my hands on a RICOH GR II and I find the camera suits my photography working style.

Back on NQN, there are some similarities in ambiance lighting between dawn and dusk. Though NQN could cover two different timelines, I chose the latter for its environmental atmosphere which opens up greater possibilities in the aspect of night photography.
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