Exploring The Concourse during Blue hour

There's a specific time in a day when the sun has set but the light is sufficient enough for me to use my phone to take photos, it's called the Blue Hour. This is my favorite time in a day to explore the city and take photos while on a walk. I enjoy this kind of walk because it gives me motivation to go for a walk and be creative at the same time. This is a fun experience for me as an urban explorer. Somehow I prefer to explore the city area more than the natural landscape area. There are probably many interesting views of the city that can be found around a block or on the corner of the street.

And since the weather was good and the timing was right, I continued to explore the Bugis area. There are many interesting places within the Bugis area because it is in the city center and it is also an area of commercial and office buildings. One of the remarkable buildings in this area is The Concourse. This is the 41-storey office building built along the Beach road. This building was designed by Paul Rudolph who is an American Architect. In Rudolph's designs, you can see the Brutalism style in the character of the buildings, including the Concourse building.

I used my iPhone to take all these pictures. Apparently, a phone's camera is sufficient to take pictures of this building. You just need a good spot and perfect timing to make the pictures look presentable. An hour later, the quality of the pictures will definitely be blurry and grainy, which is why the timing of when you take a picture of your subject is important.

These photos were taken around 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Of course this timing will vary in different regions of the world. It just so happens that the day time is quite long compared to the night time so it's still bright even though it's 7:00 PM. The way to tell if you are experiencing the "blue hour" is when the color of the sky is still bright blue even though there is no sun on the horizon.

These set of photos should be a sign for you to be motivated to grab your camera or even a smartphone to go out and explore your city.