Shoes are indeed one of the most -ordinary-, yet not so-ordinary items that we use every single day. It's a nice subject to write about and to photograph! I wanted to do it myself as well, but I skipped that one :P
Did I spot a Sony camera (that's missing a hotshoe protector) in one of your photographs?
I got here on Hive because I wanted to help a stranger/friend of mine that was struggling with money, after finding out about steem Hive, I tried it out myself first to see if it was legit, and here we are... almost 5 years later.
It's a Panasonic Lumix G10. And yes, indeed, it doesn't have its hotshoe protector.
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