About The Wide Lens Kitchen
Here you’ll see my perspective on the world, both from my kitchen and through my camera lens. Most of what you’ll find in this blog is a blend of thoughts I’ve cooked up while in the kitchen (often with a podcast playing or a spontaneous curry on the stove), during long runs (often without music), or on photo walks. The Wide Lens Kitchen is a place on the internet where ideas (and hopefully inspirations) don’t come in mass production, but are carefully selected with a very personal touch. Personally, I quit most of my socials, but that doesn’t stop me from being inspired by interesting people through their blogging.
Why do I cook? I often cook in silence, trying to connect with the process and be mindful of what I make. Are we what we eat? Not exactly. But I see food as a form of self-care and a manifestation of values, lifestyle choices, personal history, and culture.
Why Photography? Because photography, and I’m not a professional photographer, forces me to slow down while I’m wandering a new (or not so new) place and pay attention to the detail. It makes me curious about things that might pass unnoticed. And often, it’s the thing that makes you revive emotions.
What about the Coffee Journey? There were many reasons I should have become a coffee lover: being born in Colombia, where my family grew coffee, and the large amount of extra hours I put into getting my PhD. Still, I never liked the taste, and the short energy boost didn’t justify the bitterness. Until a friend told me: you need to try coffee with me. Now I’m discovering specialty coffee, the types, the processes, the brews…
What to Expect
In The Wide Lens Kitchen you can extect to find:
- Photography projects: Anything from travel, street and nature photography to everyday things (like my cats).
- Recipes and culirany discussions.
- My coffee diary and notes.
- Book reviews and other tips I consider need sharing.
- Short essays.
About Me
Have you heard that when people turn 30, they either start running marathons, become wine specialists, or start a podcast?
I’m Felipe (he/his/him), and yes, I’m all of the above. Instead of wine, I’m discovering the world of speciality coffee, and (for good or for bad), I don’t have the patience to listen to my own recordings in a podcast or vlog. Besides running (I’ve got two marathons behind me), I do plenty of crazy activities. I am also a researcher. In particular, I work with satellite remote sensing, and I’m more than happy to say that I like and believe in what I do for a living. It connects something I really care about (the environment) with my passion for space.
I’ve always been told I’m a people’s person. That probably comes from the fact that I’ve been an immigrant almost since I have use of memory and learned to accept and adapt, knowing every place isn’t better or worse, just different.
Other Things I like
Nature and its diversity. Languages. Reading (even though I’m a slow reader). Activism. Long travels (often solo). Landscapes that remind you, you are only a little piece of a huge world.