"Wongwien Lek" Photo Walk

Hiatus. Long. Prolonged. Ended. At least so far as one click means the eye saw and the finger moved. It's not that I was not taking pictures I felt satisfied with lately, it's that I simply forgot I ever held a camera in my hands, and I mean any kind of camera (my phone is one, for all that matters, and it's always mere centimeters from me, yet I always neglect it that function). It's fruitless trying to explain why I found myself again in such a photographic wasteland, for this has not been the first time (and attending to the statistics, neither will be the last), so, rather than going over the void, let's keep things easy, straightforward and simple: I went out again, I took some pictures, and, what is most important, I enjoyed it.

In or out?, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Petals, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

A morning walk, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Catching the sunlight, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Passerbies, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Passerby, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

The fisherboy, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

The fisher II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Mother's love, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Son's excitement, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Still life, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Still life II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Bricks, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Poles and circles, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Through the fence, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

The awning, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Photowalks, if you happen to live in a city with them, can be a blessing, since they make it easy to defeat lack of purpose and grant you a great opportunity to discover new areas of your own city besides interacting with like-minded people. No more self-indulgence or lame excuses: just get up early on a Sunday morning, and off you go with the camera in your hands ready for a stroll with a machine that, despite what it could look like, it should be your best friend while out shooting, someone (or something) that brings you joy and not fatigue. How ironic that one should not do more often what he or she actually enjoys so much once things are in motion! Hopefully there will be more photowalks ahead (either in a group or by myself), so I hope the rust in my phalanges will gradually peel off and–who knows?–maybe even bid me farewell, at least for a while.

Geometry, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Good luck!, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Urban arrangement, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

The cyclist, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

On feet and flip-flops, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Pushing, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Striped, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Team work, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

Team work II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm

The carrier, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm