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Thank you very much for all the views, faves and comments on my stream of “Beauty in Simplicity” photos where through timing, framing and settings, I try to make everyday life everywhere look beautiful.
Touching lives through photography… That is what it is all about.
Thanks again.

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The future...
There are many children at Killing Fields who would crowd visiting tourists. They would gather together, and say in a singsong way,
"1, 2, 3...Smile!!"
Sorry... I don't like taking posed shots...

My apologies.
Today, July 7th 2018, I'm reposting a photo from about 12 years ago (both shot and originally posted on flickr).
I shot this in Phnom Penh at the Killing Fields on my second trip to Cambodia. I've been to Cambodia thrice and interestingly with 3 different people from 3 different continents and all the trips took place in 2006.
I've never been back there since and I have no intention to return either as I would like to remember the country the way it was, before fast food and before obesity (which I think is there now although I don't think as much as elsewhere).
This shot is significant to me as it's the first shot I've taken that had truly increased my confidence in photography.
In fact, I consider this photo as one of my 25 best shots.

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My dearly departed mother once said (loosely translated), “When walking, don’t look up all the time. Remember to look down too.”
So, instead of spending our time being bitter and jealous about things we don’t have, we should spend more of our effort counting our blessings.
More positive!!!

This homeless woman, whom I last saw in 2011, would always make me count my blessings.
When I went back to Kathmandu in 2015, I looked around but I didn’t find her anymore.
I didn’t see her in 2016 nor 2018 either…

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… is a photo taken as I was on my way to breakfast at Sujita’s Place on Neill Island, one of India’s Andaman Islands.
The photo exemplifies “Beauty In Simplicity” which is something I try to achieve with all my photos. All I try to do is make ordinary life look beautiful where I use timing, framing and settings to achieve my quest.


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