I always wanted to be a creative person, but I can't sing without sounding like Chewbacca, I can't dance to save my life, my writing is less interesting than the telephone directory and let's not talk about painting.

So I thought photography shouldn't be too hard. All you have to do is switch the camera on, zoom and shoot. Well, I suppose you already know how that turned out.

Take 2.

I then devoured a lot of photography books and waited for my photography skills to develop. It's a good thing I didn't hold my breath because I don't see any new rays of shining light in my vision or feel my mental lens lock focus with my theoritical knowledge.

Take 3.

I am beginning to feel this photography thing is not as easy as it looks. I am going to have to work at it.

There go my dreams of taking the camera out, shooting just one picture and seeing it make the cover of National Geographic. Rather I have to shoot lots of pictures before one of them even makes it to the wallpaper of my computer.

But, hey, in this case the journey is more interesting than the destination.

My trusty companions in this journey are...

- Nikon D70

- AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

- AF Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4-5.6G

There are a lot of talented people in Flickr, so here's hoping talent is contagious.

- Akbar Ibrahim