Bliss

Some of the pictures I took a couple of months back when I was back at home. 

I think this captures the essence of my hometown very well. You get to see people still living in old, traditional village houses right in the middle of a fast developing, bustling city.

You won't see many houses like this in the city anymore. You'd have to drive away from the city centre to see the village houses.

A tinge of nostalgia here. One of the best things in life is to just chill out on a Saturday morning in a coffee shop, have some yummy Dim Sum for breakfast and a nice hot cup of Milo. See that happy man up there?

And NO, we don't live in these kinda houses anymore. This is one of the preserved traditional houses in the Heritage Museum.

Taken with my friend's Sony DSLR because my uncle's old Canon was acting up on me. A taste of things to come eh?

Overdue

These were the first few pictures I took that got me interested in photography. Note that I did not have any knowledge on photography prior to this and it was my first time holding a DSLR (thanks to my uncle who lent me his Canon 400D). 

I pretty much had a 'learn as I go' thing going on there.

These were taken in Guilin, China, during a study trip that my university organised.

If you didn't already notice, I had  a liking  an obsession for black and white photos.

My theme was "Social + Activity".

Probably my favourite picture of the lot. A short story behind this picture:

The man in this picture was our boatman during the trip. We were cruising along the river together with two other boats. He had this tired look on his face (who wouldn't if they had been rowing boats the whole day). Something funny caught his attention and he smiled. My camera was pointed at his face the whole time waiting for him to give a nice expression  I snapped this photo just at the right moment. A few things I learnt from this experience:

1. Photography isn't about just snapping away as many pictures as you like. It's about patience and waiting for that right moment to take a picture.

2. A great 'photo moment' may suddenly appear one second and disappear the next, so you have to be ready all the time.

3. If you point your camera at someone's face long enough, you might just get a great shot of them.

Taken almost 2 years ago.