Check out my last couple of photo walks here:
Photo Walk #3: https://michaeldesrosiers.blogspot.com/2021/05/photo-walk-3-bus-ride-to-yodpiman-market.html
Our chat inspired me to go out on another photo walk and try getting off of automatic mode on my camera. Here are some photos from a walk near my neighborhood. There's not much of a focus. I'm realizing that I really need to work on finding and developing my style!
I hope that you enjoy these scenes of daily life in Bangkok. I don't always get the chance to show what everyday scenes here look like, but I hope that this "Photo Walk" series that I've started during this semi-lockdown is able to give my readers a sense of what everyday life is like here in the "Big Mango".
All photos shot on my trusty Canon 500d DSLR.
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| I tried my hand at a bit of abstract urban photography. Here you can see some construction at an in-progress Skytrain line. I tried to emphasize geometry and structure in this image. I admit, abstract photography isn't my typical style. |
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| Construction makes for interesting geometric lines and a sense of order which you don't often find in the chaos of Bangkok! |
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| A canal is decorated with bright and colorful graffiti. I like the way that the colors stand out against the drab grey of the nearby concrete and the muddy canal. |
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| Lotus flowers at a local market. I didn't focus perfectly in this shot, but I like the way the colors turned out. I need to improve my macro / closeup photographic skills. |
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| Marigolds! These flowers are nearly-ubiquitous at Thai temples and shrines, and they always add a wonderful warm pop of color to any Thai scene. |
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| This flower market sells garlands which are given as gifts to show appreciation to parents, grandparents, teachers, and others whom you respect. The garlands are also offered at shrines, spirit houses, and temples. |
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| Buddhist stuff at a "Buddhist stuff shop". Here you can see bowls, flowers, scented oil, and other stuff which I can't identify. These shops are common at local markets. |
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| The fruit looked especially nice that morning! |
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| Durian, the "King of Fruit"! |
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| Beautiful fresh oranges stacked neatly at a fruit market. |
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| Rambutan, one of the first fruits I tried in Thailand. They look weird, don't they? |
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| Bananas... perhaps not the most inspired photo! |
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| Fresh durian. I nearly got in trouble for walking through a subway station with a package of this fresh durian in my bag. Because of its strong smell, it is forbidden on public transport in Bangkok! Fortunately, since I was just walking through the station, they let me go. I honestly forgot! |
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| This local vendor cut the mango expertly before serving it atop a small box of delicious sweetened sticky rice! Thai mango sticky rice is not only my favorite Thai dessert, it's my favorite Thai dish! |
Critique: Fruit is such a cliché, isn't it? But it's so colorful, that I can't resist photographing it.
I think that I struggle a bit with focusing. I have relied too much on my phone's autofocus feature, and I am not so used to using a DSLR. Some of my photos are not nearly as sharp as I would like them to be, or even as sharp as they are on my iPhone. I know that my camera is capable of it, so I'm going to work hard to keep improving.
I'd also like to continue developing my style. Right now, I'm just shooting pretty much anything that is interesting to me. While that's great, I definitely need to start to figure out exactly what kind of travel photographer I want to be. Because of COVID-19, I'm sort of stuck in Bangkok. Right now, I'm forced to focus on street photography, which is a challenge for me, because I'm not always comfortable with that. It's good, though, because it forces me to be more creative and get outside of my regular comfort zone!
I'll be back in the future with another photo walk!
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