Leica D-Lux8 Emotional Snapshots, 《Click by Click, I'm Growing》

Leica D-Lux8 Emotional Snapshots, 《Click by Click, I'm Growing》

 

I have spent over 25 years in the world of film and broadcasting.
Throughout that time, I brought countless stories and scenes to life through visuals, and the camera was always a familiar tool.
But now, as I begin my journey as a photographer, I find myself facing the camera in a completely different way.

The camera still feels familiar in my hands, but the act of taking photographs is both unfamiliar and new.
While film and television work involved visualizing someone else’s story, photography is about capturing my own gaze, my own perspective.
Perhaps that’s why paradoxically the more I shoot, the more difficult photography seems to become.

Now, I think of photography not just as a means of recording, but as a form of expression.
Rather than focusing on what or how to shoot, I constantly ask myself: How can I go beyond my own limitations?
And I believe it is this question that continues to push me forward and help me grow.

 

(For more photos taken with the Leica D-Lux 8, visit my Instagram: @yeouiok)

 

Each shutter click moves me forward.

Photo 1

The structure drew my gaze upward.

With color gone, form became clearer.

And that frame stayed in my mind for a long time.

 

Photo 2

Golden sunlight touched the building and the chairs.

The scene reminded me of an old street, long ago.

It felt like a moment from a story once told.

 

Photo 3

In that very moment,

light and shadow fell across the building.

The angle revealed a quiet kind of beauty.

 

Photo 4

I photographed the reflection on my phone screen.

The sunlight felt softly traced on the lens—I liked that.

That day,

the green outside the window felt especially fresh.

 

Photo 5

The texture of the grass and the tone of the light came together beautifully,

and in the midst of it, a purple allium caught the eye.

 

Late-spring Stipa tenuissima and purple alliums—

a quietly perfect pair.

 

One photo, one step of growth.

Photo 6

The grass, the trees, and even the wall—

their colors blended in harmony.

It was a beautiful scene, shaped by light.

 

Photo 7

It was beautiful, it was grateful, and it was warm.

Inside the carnation, their little hearts were tucked in.

And I just wanted to stay in that feeling a little longer.

 

Photo 8

The Retusa fringetree was in full bloom.

The rain had passed and the wind began to blow.

Petals started to scatter through the air.

The back of someone capturing that moment—

the whole scene was quietly beautiful.

 

Photo 9

I was building a shed.

I was so exhausted that I looked up for a moment.

And that moment turned out to be this beautiful.

 

Photo 10

A line drawn by light cut through the space.

My gaze lingered on the harmony it created.

It was a beautiful scene shaped by light and structure.

 

Photo 11

What was that blue door meant for?

A thin chain stretched across it,

a worn-out light that could no longer shine.

Strangely, all of it sat on the second floor.

 

Photo 12

Overhead wires quietly stitch together the city‘s scattered gaps.

 

Taking photographs is, in the end, an ongoing conversation with myself.

In the moment I compose the frame and press the shutter, I interpret the world and at the same time, I rediscover my own emotions and perspective.

 

Scenes I would have once passed by now catch my eye.

Even the smallest moments in everyday life feel like stories I want to capture in my own way.

In a sense, I’m now learning who I am, through photography.

My steps have grown slower, my gaze lingers longer.

Some days, I give an entire day to capture a single image.

And through it all, I find myself becoming steadier, more grounded.

 

Photography hasn’t taught me how to take “perfect” shots.

It has taught me how to be sincere, how to look closely and patiently, and most importantly how not to stop.

 

So here I am, growing little by little alongside my photography.

I don’t know how far I’ll go from here,

but I trust that this daily act of pressing the shutter

will one day lead me somewhere deeper.

 

I will keep shooting. I will keep learning.

And one day, I believe, my photographs will speak for me before I even say a word.

 

 

*instagram: @yeouiok
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*Camera: Leica D-Lux 8