My Journey as a Wildlife Enthusiast

I’d like to share how I fell in love with this wonderful hobby. As a nature lover since childhood, I always enjoyed spending time with nature and its creatures. My love for animals led me to adopt wild rabbits, squirrels, fish, and birds during my childhood. I gave them all the love and care I could, but eventually realized they belonged in their natural habitats. This realization led me to appreciate nature in its own place.

In 2007, I had a sudden inspiration: why not take pictures of the nature I loved so much? I began thinking about how to do this, and a friend joined me with his early digital camera, a Handycam. It wasn’t designed for photography, but it gave me my first taste of capturing images.

In 2013, I bought my own Nikon DSLR camera, and that’s when my photography journey truly began. I learned most things on my own, discovering new skills along the way. However, a few wildlife and nature photographers helped me, and I’d like to acknowledge them and the gear I’ve used throughout my journey.