{"id":658198,"date":"2026-05-09T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/658198\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:06:09","slug":"i-waited-half-an-hour-for-one-of-hong-kongs-iconic-red-taxis-to-pass-by-william-shums-best-phone-picture-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/658198\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I waited half an hour for one of Hong Kong\u2019s iconic red taxis to pass by\u2019: William Shum\u2019s best phone picture | Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

William Shum describes Yau Ma Tei, the Hong Kong district in which he took this photo, as \u201cone of the region\u2019s older and most characterful districts. I\u2019m always drawn to this area because it feels authentic and full of local life. Older residential buildings, street-level shops and constant traffic show a very recognisable side of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shum\u2019s eye was drawn to the contrast between the passing vehicle in the foreground and the residential building in the background. \u201cThe\u00a0building is full of\u00a0repeating windows and air-conditioning units, which creates a\u00a0dense and layered background, while in front the taxi appears in a very simple and clean shape,\u201d he says. \u201cTwo things are instantly recognisable here: the city\u2019s compact residential architecture and its iconic red taxis. This image brings those together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shum, whose shots of Hong Kong made him a winner in the 2025 Mobile Photography awards<\/a>, had breakfast in the area before his day of street photography, then set up burst mode on his iPhone 13 Pro Max to capture several frames in quick succession. He waited on the far side of the road for half an hour for a taxi to pass by. \u201cI wanted it to appear centrally in the frame so that it would sit in balance with the massive building; I\u00a0knew it would only work in the exact right position. Because the background is visually busy and detailed, the taxi needed to feel deliberate and precise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Shum describes Yau Ma Tei, the Hong Kong district in which he took this photo, as \u201cone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-658198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}