This photo was taken not with the usual feel of joy and anticipation as I pressed the shutter (the 'Enter' key, in this case with the iPAQ), but with anxiety and even fear as I made this shot from the wheelchair. I was waiting outside the Echocardiography Room in the hospital one late night, while the radiographers were making the preparations.
What followed the days after were more radiography sessions, needles, medications, surgery, ICU, physiotherapy sessions, etc.
This photo reminds me of how much this has changed my life - my job, my family, my lifestyle, even my weight (I lost 10kg ever since!) and my philosophy towards life and almost everything else (except my love for photography).
This picture may be just another badly composed photo to everyone else, what's more it was shot with a low-res, low-tech phone camera; but it has such great emotional impact on me, and I could really 'feel it' every time I look at it.
So, I think this is one bloody good take :)
(I hope you like it too!)
5 comments:
Hi Horsoon --
I really like your comments about the photo as well as the photo itself. Thanks for sharing.
Health and family matter the most in life. Don't let work steal away time with your loved ones.
Having been through a series of medical scares, I know how you feel.
Wishing you good health and happiness for the new year.
Bad things never last.
A picture tells a lot when you have a story behind it. A good take indeed.
Hi Yvonne, Mei Teng, ECL & Ai Shiang: let's appreciate the every single day we live, God bless u all!
It's less then an hour to 2013, wish you all a bery Happy New Year ahead :)
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