My photography journey started four years ago when I was hunting for my first DSLR.
After relentless research on the internet on various brands, I decided to plunge my
hard earned dough into the Pentax system.
Pentax, a relatively humble brand in the shadows of popular Nikon and Canon, cap-
tivated me with its down-to-earth features, outstanding image quality and value for
money.
It was not too long until I managed to find an used white Pentax K-r with 18-55mm kit
lens in Clubsnap from a poly student.
After reading about the highly acclaimed Pentax K30, I immediately fell in love with it.
In Clubsnap, I found a 50mm f1.8 manual lens from Ck Ang, an avid macro photog-
rapher who later introduced me to the Facebook group -TCCS Photography Club.
From that moment on, my interest in photography erupted and I embarked on the
“more serious” journey of photo-taking.
I have befriended many photographers from the club by adding them as friends in my
Facebook network. Ck was giving me pointers now and then on the shortcoming of
my techniques from the photographs I posted and he encouraged me to shoot con-
sistently. Ironically, I have yet to join them in any outing due to my “irregular” working
hours of running a tuition center. Hence, majority of my photographs were taken at
night, after I knocked off at 10 pm or later. Occasionally, I would drag my older broth-
er, Cheong with me. Being an avid Canon user himself, he has been giving me tips
on exposure compensation, f-stopping, composition and handling of the camera.