A worldwide Instameet (WWIM),
as the name suggests, is a bi-annual event where Instagrammers around the world
gather to celebrate their love for photography. I only learned about this last
year October 2015, back when I was starting to notice that there was something
about Instagram that I couldn't wrap my head around. After last year's October
Instameet produced cool images from their photowalk, I was convinced that I
needed to do Instagram in my life. And that's where my hype for
photowalks (and Instameets) started.
These two annual Instameets usually occur in each
semester of a year. 2016’s Instameets were held in April and September. For these
Instameets, the first one (WWIM 13) was held on April 23-24 and the last one
was on September 17-18.
The cute thing about the WWIM 14 was that it had a worldwide theme: FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY.
So where else would you have an amazing array of food that got potentials for good photos?
There we went - Binondo.
A worldwide Instameet (WWIM),
as the name suggests, is a bi-annual event where Instagrammers around the world
gather to celebrate their love for photography. I only learned about this last
year October 2015, back when I was starting to notice that there was something
about Instagram that I couldn't wrap my head around. After last year's October
Instameet produced cool images from their photowalk, I was convinced that I
needed to do Instagram in my life. And that's where my hype for
photowalks (and Instameets) started.
These two annual Instameets usually occur in each
semester of a year. 2016’s Instameets were held in April and September. For these
Instameets, the first one (WWIM 13) was held on April 23-24 and the last one
was on September 17-18.
The cute thing about the WWIM 14 was that it had a worldwide theme: FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY.
So where else would you have an amazing array of food that got potentials for good photos?
There we went - Binondo.
Sadly, not everyone got skills with flatlays. And along with
that is food photography. This is why we only took a few shots of our lunch. We
had to pay respect to the worldwide theme in some way.
The real fun, however, at least for me,
began when we went out to the streets of Binondo, readying our cameras,
cleaning our lenses, checking sites and estimating possible frames. An
Instameet is not an Instameet when there is no photowalk.
Fun commences when shooting begins. Basically, a street photowalk usually consists of random shots:
of people;
of streets;
of things in the streets not taken seriously;
of structures;
of the back of your photowalk-mates (yep, I just coined that!) walking in front of you;
of a friend you asked to stride by a saradong tindahan;
of a companion who got no choice but to be a model;
of little details we ignore;
and of everything in between.
But these are just my shots!
You have not even seen the ones from my unbelievable Instagram friends and default Photowalk group who were with me.
How about these?
1. Shots by @nikkoracela
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| rock in shoes. |
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| Binondo Church |
Here's how his feed looks like:
2. Shots by @ohcoolbryan
Take a peek at his feed:
3. Shots by @patttymarie
Here's her feed:
If you need some IG inspiration, here are accounts from the rest of the 9 people from Binondo (thus the hashtag #Bi9do) that you might want to follow:
4. @i_am_a_lost_soul (Chua Sister 1)
5. @shinechua (Chua Sister 2)
7. @themarcandres
8. @aen.thentic
9. (ehem!) @callmenorby
I used to think then, back when I only had a low-end phone as a gadget for taking photos, that photowalks are not meant for me. The thought of attending an event or joining Instameets with people whose feeds I worship made me scared. That's pretty normal when you're just starting or when you think you're not good enough.
But when I tried once to join a photowalk even if I didn't have a camera, it definitely changed my perspective on photography and meeting people. I learned that a photowalk is more than what people bring to capture images. It is more on how people share what type of photography they want to be great at, how they see the world before they capture them and what motivates them to keep shooting.
That's what Instagram was created for - sharing.
I find that really beautiful.#
