I bought my first DSLR earlier this year. My personal project this year, since I can't travel much and am still limited in how adventurous I can be by the ongoing global pandemic, is to work on improving my photography and post-processing skills. I've never been a great photographer, but taking photos for some 900+ posts on this blog has really helped me to improve. I can look back at my pictures from South Africa or from my first year in Thailand to see that I've really improved.
Even though my DSLR is old, it still takes fantastic photos. At this point, what's holding me back at becoming a better photographer is my own abilities. During this big wave of COVID-19 in Thailand, I can't do much, but I have signed up for a few new virtual adventures, and I've been trying to walk (in a safe and socially-distant way) as much as possible.
Here are some photos from a few recent photo walks I took in the Chatuchak District not too far from where I live.
Come along with me on my photo walk! I hope that this series can show you a bit of the normal day-to-day; the regular neighborhoods and life scenes that aren't usually interesting enough to get full posts of their own.
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| A quiet neighborhood soi, or alley. This one would normally be busy with street food stalls and coffee carts, but it's quite due to COVID-19. |
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| A spirit house stands in front of a condo building. Every house, condo, and building has its own spirit house. Some are more elaborate than others. This one enshrines a statue to Phra Prom, or Brahma. |
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| This local Chinese shrine is just down the road from my apartment. It's funny - I've always walked past it, but never gone it. Somehow, it seems more private than other shrines and temples. I'm not sure why that it. Is it because it's a local neighborhood shrine? A family shrine? No idea, but I've always been intrigued by it! Maybe I'll step inside to visit one of these days. |
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| A motorbike driver has left his helmet and poncho out to dry. Even though it's technically summertime, the rainy season seems to be approaching a little early this year. |
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| One of my very favorite tropical flowers: the bird of paradise. You'll see these beautiful blossoms growing all over Thailand and throughout Southeast Asia. |
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| Spirit and commerce - a shrine to the Hindu god Shiva behind tangles of Bangkok's iconic telephone and electric wires. |
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| A quiet afternoon and a common street scene. A man walks his bicycle over a canal bridge near Wat Lat Prao while another man on a motorbike rides past. |
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| A guardian stone lion statue with a flower garland outside of a local business. |
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| Palm fronds at a coffee shop in my favorite park in Bangkok. On our days off, Pinky and I like to have coffee, then take a walk through the beautiful park. |
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Queen Sirikit Park is one of the less-known and less-visited parks (compared to the world-famous Lumpini or Chatuchak), but features, in my opinion, the most beautiful botanical gardens. It's a lovely, quiet piece of greenery in the city.
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| The park has some of the most spectacular flowers in all of Bangkok, and the city works year-round to keep the flowers blooming and beautiful. |
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| A lotus growing in a muddy pond - the lotus is a symbol of Buddhism, and is one of the most beautiful flowers that you'll commonly see growing in Southeast Asia. Its seeds are also a super tasty snack, whether served fresh or fried and crispy! |
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