Rule 39 is "There's no such thing as a coincidence".

This newly married Japanese couple appeared to be posing for photographs but I couldn't figure out where the photographer was. I then spotted him on the next level above, looking down from the balcony with a big, chunky black Canon and what I'd wager was the 70-200 f/2.8 IS on the front.

(Which I could have done with myself since, as you can see, the E-P1 does not like low light or an ISO higher than about 200 before things get quite grainy.)

I had PAD candidates for the day which were technically vastly better, but decided to go for this one anyway given the coincidence of these two doing their shoot right outside the Dolce and Gabbana store only a couple of days after I read this article.

More than a thousand people protested outside a Dolce and Gabbana store in Hong Kong on Sunday after the Italian clothing store allegedly prevented people from taking photographs of its shop front.
The protest followed reports that a Dolce and Gabbana security guard had stopped a photographer taking pictures of its shopfront from the pavement outside.
More than 13,000 people had protested over the incident on Facebook.
People gathered Sunday outside the fashion brand's flagship Hong Kong store taking photos while some carried placards denouncing the store's actions.


It could just be a coincidence since I'm fairly sure that these two were Japanese, not Chinese and would be unlikely to be making a point in relation to that incident. But then, maybe they're photographers themselves and are making a point on that basis. After all, Rule 39...

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