To know me is to love me...

Photography has been my favourite hobby since childhood. I started with my Dad's old Canon camera that was made back in the 70s - but can't remember the model name.

At school, I used to collect ideas for my art projects with a camera, using a Japanese made compact point-and-shoot camera given to me by my mum. It was only when I first started working, then I bought my first camera - an affordable Nikon F60, student camera, and stayed faithful to it for a few years.

When my bank balance gets a little bit green from time to time, I would buy a camera every now and then. Now I have a collection of 7 cameras and several lenses.

I like the convenience of a digital SLR (and have been a proud owner of a Nikon D100 since it's maiden flight). However, I think the conventional photography is much more easier to control and there are less jargons to deal with.

Also, I personally find that my best works were all taken with the conventional cameras (from simple to bespoke, e.g. Polaroid Super Swinger II, Polaroid SX-70, Mamiya 7II and Hasselblad 501C/M).

To me, film images show the chemistry of a moment in time and retain the "rawness" of the subject; whereas digital images erase all the roughness and present a flawless surface. Both are beautiful in their own right. It would not be right to argue which type is better - and after all, the appreciation of photography is a very subjective business.

My dream is to retire from my day-job and move into professional photography.