A week ago at around midnight while browsing facebook I chanced upon the event by Fujifilm regarding a nationwide photowalk,
and to my delight, they have a category for non Fuji users! I signed up without a thought.
On the day of the event the call time is at 6am, I’m lazy on my bed at 5:30am.
Should I go?
I biked to the venue, it rained along the way. I arrived 6:15am and to my surprise there were already almost a hundred participants waiting. I guess I’m a late bird.While waiting for the theme announcement there were ROTC officers having their training.They continued their training even as the rain was pouring.Not a morning I’d like to wake up to.I’m also amazed at the the joggers who train relentlessly.They finished their training and I asked if they’re willing to have a group photo which they gladly obliged. They’re candidates for the new batch of officers for their ROTC year.The theme was “Breaking Patterns”. I look down and I see this.I try to keep my interpretation of the theme a little loose, but my eyes are drawn to literal translations, here I see someone “breaking” the frame.Maybe if I included the monument it might add some points.I see the cadets again, walking together on their way home. One more snap against the monument as a background. Not in theme though.It rained hard many times, here I got stuck on a shed and these guys said hello and waved for a shot.I saw this from afar and wanted a pink umbrella on a pattern shot, but I was just too far off. Oh well. I move on.A Shi Tzu on a pattern!!! One of the many Shi Tzus I will see on the day…I wanted this to be a “break” in the pattern of presenting a subject, but also present it against a pattern of lines, doesn’t speak much though, I wanted to do a portrait of the person but he declined because he was playing with his uniform on. Might get him in trouble.Here I see a more poetic translation of “breaking patterns” as a mentor “breaks” and improves the daily patterns of his students.Patterns of activities.Just a quick shot following my gut feeling.Another poetic translation of “breaking patterns” but the image still feels incomplete. Soon after I was able to find an image that I felt how I wanted the translation to be.One more “gut feel” shot.I head to the car museum for a quick break and I find an impressive display. Will come back for this soon.Museum guard plays with a Shi Tzu, dog’s stay in the lobby.I bike around the park and often stop over for fat looking cats.I see a crowd of ladies just finished with their zumba session, this lady is 60 years old and it kinda “breaks” how we think of how seniors should be.Everytime you go up a stair you break a pattern. I guess…Another interpretation seen from the underpass stairs. The subjects here keep on coming.I go home early (I’m happy for this mechanic of the photowalk). Once home I take some photos of my cat before heading to bed for some more sleep. Later I realize I’ll get sick from being in the rain.Cat whiskersCat noseCat face. Time to get some sleep.
