I had a flickr account in my real name long time back. When started this new one, I chose the name "Harvie Krumpet". If you are curious about the name try searching YouTube. There, you will find a half-an-hour long animated movie. You'll never regret watching that. This is one of the best movies I've ever seen..

I grew up with cameras. Two of my uncles were professional photographers (one's quite famous). So playing with the camera is not a new thing to me. But I started to take pictures with greater enthusiasm when I bought my 1st camera after coming to KL. It was a Canon Powershot S2IS, a truly marvelous camera. In the beginning, I used to take photos as a traveler. Later, I started taking pictures for my blog. Now I take pictures simply for the joy of taking pictures. Bought an DSLR in 2008, Canon EOS 40D, as I grew too envious of all my friends and colleagues, running around carelessly with their DSLRs. Soon I realized that my shots were not coming up as expected. If you get crappy pictures after spending loads of money, it never feels good. So I buckled up to learn the secrets of photography. Very hard to say how much I've learned so far. As per my wife, even the neighbour's cat has a better sense of composition compared to mine..

BTW, I've upgraded to Canon 5D Mark II recently as I felt, full-frame is the way to go..

I don't give away my pictures for free. Exceptions are for exceptional cases only..

Arup