199th SWP Photo Walk: Ang Mo Kio

Our photo walk in SWP this week, the 199th, we went to Ang Mo Kio. We started our walk from the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station, walked our way towards the AMK Town Center and the Market there. The walk this time was relatively short and the count of participants was relatively low.

The haze is still in the unhealthy range in Singapore. So, in a way, I was glad that it was a short and low-effort walk. We also had a couple of new joiners this time. I hope that they all had a great time connecting with their creative side during the walk.

I shared an idea that I was having about using disposable cameras and doing a photozine as a group activity with a couple of our regular members. The response was positive, so I will be looking into this project more seriously in the coming weeks.

This week I used my customised Holga lens paired with my Fujifilm X-T4.

198th SWP Photo Walk: Bishan

Today, SWP Photo Walk was in Bishan. I was happy to see Jay, my co-host of the group, also joining the walk after a long time. Yesterday, both Theresa and Anastasia recommended that we check out this Bishan Park area. Even Lack was excited about the prospect of finding some beautiful Sakura trees blooming there, giving a Japanese aesthetic.

SWP Photo Walk #198 Group Photo

This week, Lack and I are taking part in the Holga Week, a global photography competition. We use Holga gear, film, digital, or lenses to create lo-fi images that give a Lomography vibe. For today’s shoot, I used my Holga 120 GN with a roll of expired Kodak Gold 200 film. I also had a modified Holga HL-N lens attached to my Fujifilm X-T4 with a Nikon-to-Fuji adapter. The modification that I did made the images rendered through the lens more painterly than I expected.

197th SWP Photo Walk: Toa Payoh

This week, we went to Toa Payoh for our photo walk. Starting from the Toa Payoh MRT, my original plan was to lead the group towards the Town Central and explore the area around the Toa Payoh Central CC. We had about 15+ members, mostly returning, joined this week’s walk.

During our walk, some of the members requested that we explore the Dragon Playground. Constructed in 1979, it is one of the stops in the Singapore Heritage Trail. Though it was a 15 to 20 minutes of nonstop walk to the playground from where we were, I decided that it would be an interesting experience for those who had not been there before.