Eating Air: An Apple sceptic tries an iPhone photo-walk in Emerald Hill

The traditional windows and five-foot ways along Emerald Hill Road make for an interesting contrast with the steel and glass facades of Orchard Road malls just next door. PHOTO: LESLIE KOH
Walking round with a mind set on potential photos somehow makes the little details appear before your eyes. PHOTO: LESLIE KOH
Walking round with a mind set on potential photos somehow makes the little details appear before your eyes. PHOTO: LESLIE KOH
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SINGAPORE - First, two confessions.

I am not an iPhone fan and I am an SLR snob. So, when I was recently invited to join a "photo walk", the prospect of ambling around Emerald Hill getting some shots with the latest Apple phone did not seem promising, at least to me.

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