I had been thinking of this question - Why do I love taking pics? Why do I shoot? Why do I take the "pain" of carrying cameras and lenses when pics can be taken using phones? These are questions from my near and dear ones to prick my brain to see what is it that I like about photography. This led me to a train of thoughts, I gave quite a bit of time to think about it - when riding to office, when taking a walk alone and so on. It has always been about seeing the smile on my loved ones when I show them a pic that I had taken, that takes them back to the time (it was taken). There is a lot of chaos in our lives (everyone's lives), lot of fear (of many uncertainties). For me, it is when I see this pics and when I share them with my loved ones, I see Hope. I see happiness. Hope of having a great time ahead, Happiness that there was such a time, which was else forgotten in our busy-ness of the lives. I live for seeing such emotions. I live t...