Loving photography

No more picking on local politics and misplaced citizens' money - seriously with all the biased journalism, I don't care if its now a monk stealing charity money or government making "long term" investments anymore. Seriously, the world is just getting too chaotic or confusing, I am finding things to seek refuge from. Everyone should go pick a hobby - like go learn how to dance or pick up vocal/drama classes!

As such, I have been busy picking up photography of late. It is not just a mere 5 mins fervour, but something I have always loved, but never been able to afford it. It was the fact that I have been travelling so much, but never been able to capture the essence of the places I have been, and an ex-colleague managed to bow me over which their honeymoon shots in New York. And since I will be spending about a month there, I thought what the heck and since Kel was heading to Hokkaido, let's just get it. Seriously until I step into it, I got to realised how KP,Jase and Kun managed to burn $ so easily into this hobby. So I just make use of what little budget I have, which ex-colleagues advised pretty well on just getting the simple day-to-day stuff.

My gear so far is:

1) A Lowepro Stealth Reporter D300 - This is a great shoulder bag, big enough for 4 full lens, space for cards, all weather cover, top zip for fast removal of camera.
2) Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens - Lightest and I believe the cheapest EF lens available from Canon. Great for sharp shots like this:

3) Spare batteries and SD HC cards and a lot of creativity + patience.
4) Tamron 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II - This is a great buy advice from Daniel and Thomas, whom felt that I needed a travel zoom lens for my New York trip. And these are the pictures I have been taking from this great lens. Have fun seeing my pictures captured over the past weeks.

Just from this Tamron zoom lens.
At the Zoo:




At the Birdpark:



At the Fairfield Methodist Funfair:





Hope I can capture some great architecture shots over at New York.
Left one lens to buy - Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X (the world's fastest and sharpest ultrawide lens for small format digital cameras) - Just need to find the $ to get it, early Birthday present anyone?