Looking back... life was simpler back then!

Looking back at old photographs have 2 very distinct benefits (a) it acts as a gauge to how my sense of photography has changed; and (b) it reminded me of why I picked up photography at the first place. 


I have been asking myself lately about how I have progress in photography. Sometimes, I like to revisit my earlier photos and see how my photo "eye" has changed over the years... While I feel that I am still not generating a high enough "hit" rate, I am now generating a higher hit rate than before. 


Do you sometimes worry too much about ISO, aperture, shuttle speed, post processing etc when you're shooting? Well, when I first started taking photos... I was completely oblivious to all these "technicalities". You know what? I just shoot whatever that interests me... it was much simpler back then, just point and shoot... sometimes in "Auto" mode. Re-visiting the photos I took when I first started photography allows me to trace back my steps and reaffirm why I started photography in the first place. It was less complicated back then... I take photos because I wanted to capture the memories, to keep the pieces that made up the life I now live.


<This is a photo I took in Melbourne, Australia when I bought my first DSLR>



<This photo was taken using a Panasonic Lumix Camera - before I bought my first DSLR>


<My first attempt at "Street Photography" - taken at the Chinese New Year Night Bazaar in Boxhill, Melbourne>