Over the years I have been taking a lot of photos especially during travels. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't deny that the photography is the motivation for my travels. In the later years as photos get to be in digital form, it is easier to review them by browsing through the files in the hard disk. It would be a waste if some of the interesting and esthetic ones are just for my own appreciation. So this gallery is meant to share with the world what have been caught through my cameras.
When I was a child, my father knew something about amateur photography. I remember we had a Kodak roll film camera with a flash that uses a flash bulb just once. The bulb gets melted when the flash is triggered. I wasn't big enough to use this camera though. Later he bought an Instamatic camera. It was this camera that I experimented with. Since that time I would not lose touch with photography.
There are tons of narratives out there in the Internet and in books about how to go about engaging in photography as a hobbyist or an enthusiast so I would not bore you with any of those details. Suffice to say that the photos have been taken with film as well as digital cameras and even smartphones.
I use Photoshop mainly to enhance the contrast. This is for artistic effects as photography is an art form after all. You will also see some photos with deep blue skies. They are taken with a polarizing filter. Ever since having seen photos in books and magazines taken with a polarizing filter, I seldom can restraint myself from using it. So in way my photos don't quite resemble what we would actually see with our eyes but somewhat more of a wishful image of the scene.
I have given up the idea of classifying photos. Most web galleries attempt to classify according to, for example, landscape, places, flora, fauna, etc. If I do that then the quantities within classes would be very lopsided. Further, it is very time consuming. So with the current construct of this gallery, I would just post a photo as I deem it convenient.
Lastly, thank you for taking the time to look at my photos.