The writer takes at photography

Photography is an art and I've always been fascinated and overwhelmed by good pictures and cameras. The dream was a DSLR! Having bought a Nikon D5100, I sure am on cloud nine and clicking pictures is now an obsession. The whole camera selecting and buying process was frustrating, thank God for the techie friends. The most amazing part of the story is that the camera was available only in stores, not online. Having lost all hopes, sitting in the car leaving for Memphis, that magical phone call of an awesome friend who happened to go to that very store and picked that camera for me. I cannot be thankful enough.

A few weeks of possessing my new camera, I have been able to take few good pictures and I thought of sharing my experience of capturing some of natures most breathtaking views. I'd try to describe these pictures through words and I hope I do justice to the serenity of these fabulous scenes.

Sunset at Sardis Lake-

 Well, I'd start off with thanking my friends for coming up with the idea of going to Sardis and reaching just before sunset. It was so magnificent, the Sun. Looked as if we could walk down the sandy way and touch the giant red ball or just stand and stare at it. Even the naked eye could not do justice to how mesmerizing the Sun looked. The diffraction caused it to appear scaled and cosmetic and that's exactly how the camera captured it.

And then it was time to say goodbye. The sun set and went home, leaving is awed, cold and wondering- if only we could be as warm, if only we could be as magnificent, if only we could be the same tomorrow.

The solitary journey

As kids all we ever wanted was to grow up and go on adventure trips and see the world. Well once in a while you get lucky and you realize that hey, you're actually going to get to do all of it. 

I've been one of those lucky ones. My boyfriend has been to more than 22 countries and I was absolutely amazed by that because I thought only few people get lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. I saw the pictures where he was in the places where I wanted to be, on our first date. I got more and more inspired but didn't know if I'd get a chance. 

Two years later, I'm in a position where I see myself doing everything I always wanted to and traveling most of the places I have on my list. 

Well I have to admit that wanting to be on your own all your life and suddenly being on your own are two very different feelings. Apart from every single thing that you gotta do on your own, you have to take very good care of yourself and those around you to make sure that you function normally. 

You're going to have beautiful new experiences and some not-so-pleasant ones, eg- if you're a vegetarian, you could be surprised at the definition of vegetarianism by other people or you could be absolutely thrilled by how amazing the variety of potatoes is! 

Sometimes you're going to be homesick, miss those trivial things you took for granted and crave for moments that were monotonous. Familiarity would disown you for a while and suddenly you'd find yourself on the edge of a cliff , hanging by a weak thread which only you could strengthen over time. 

There are going to be moments of immense pleasure and satisfaction, of happiness in newfound chores. Moments of discovery of how good a manager of your own self you are and a feeling of gratitude that you made it so far. 

What I'm learning from my whole new experience is blissful in each emotion, it's overwhelming at times but I know for sure that it's never going to keep me down and soon I would blend into the new culture and carve a niche which I call all my own.