This is the first time I have my own camera.

Before this, I have been sharing camera with my family, then with WeiWei, and I never really had a chance to have my own time to take pictures, especially when the camera is with WeiWei... it takes her 5 minutes to take a flower, and she takes 500-1000 pictures every trip... Imagine I'm sharing the camera with her...

It's just amazing to shoot pictures with DSLR, and I've enjoyed it even since I bought it. There're just so many things that you can do with it especially with my new lens now. The camera has been my best companion in this foreign land. Walking alone on the street, I usually bring my camera with me and take as many pictures as I can, and it just feels fantastic.

Photography has brought a whole new experience to me. It is photography that makes me realized that with different angles you see things differently, different from what you normally see, how other people sees it, and it's photography that makes me slow down my pace and try to pay more attentions to things around me, things that I walk pass everyday without realizing them before this.

My friend asked a professional photographer for advice on how to take nice pictures, and the answer he got was "Buy more memory cards and take more pictures". I couldn't agree more with that. It is the more pictures that you take, the more you can practice and learn from it. Other than that, a few other things that I've learnt:

• Watch others' pictures, try to find out why you like those pictures and mimic the shots
• Pay more attention to what's around you. Sometimes you don't need the things to be beautiful and special. It all depends on how you look at it.
• Don't be afraid to try different angles.
  

It's still a long journey for me, and there's a lot more to learn. Thanks for all my friends for the encouragement! Love you guys!