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Last time I was talking about the effects of knowledge overloading and how some of us could be affected by it. Somehow, it might be misunderstood in a different way, but what I really wanted to stress out is to strike a balance between being too technical, overly conscious of what the final outcome should be and about the joy and happiness the photography brings. There should be no overlapping of these two points. I hope this would clear that out and so now moving…

It's interesting to think about photography these days. The advancements and modernization of this craft suddenly attracted more enthusiasts from beginners to professionals alike. It has made photography easier for beginners to understand more of this hobby. Access to information about theories and all the jargons of photography has never been this much close at the tip of your hands with the help of the internet and ebooks. Seems that everyone now can just read anything and everything about…

Have you ever felt telling yourself "today I am going to get out there and get some good photos" but at the same time half of you just wanted to snuggle in bed or a sofa watch TV and get lazy all day? It happened to me yesterday but I go on anyway and took some shots. I don't feel the gusto and had to do a little wrestle with my thoughts, feeling like fighting the little Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde around my head. I carried my camera and cell phone around me but I hardly use it, I took some snap…

Good pictures are to me the soul's expression of conveying to the outside world how it values and embrace the beauty of nature and the things in it's environment that no words can ever match of how it truly feels. Through the pictures that we saw, we are truly captivated and in awe by it's composition even though we don't really know the photographer behind it. We felt his enthusiasm to capture the scene, we felt his efforts to truly bring out the best in what is usually just a common sight.…

Every photographer will have that 'urge' to suddenly turn a head around and just simply get lost in time without you noticing it because you are too indulge in capturing that precious scene as perfectly as possible. You feel that impulse, that tingling at your finger tips, a spider-man like senses which you cannot do anything but just giving in. You mind starts to get busy about compositions, lights, exposures and so on...I never thought photography will have this kind of addicting…