Jo Chua

My photography journey began five years ago when I decided to escape the clutches of a busy housewife and mother and began to explore my passion for digital photography.

I think photography helps to slow life down, helping me enjoy the moment, refreshing the mind and providing a welcome escape from everyday life.

For me, photography is all about self-therapy. My camera is a tool to overcome my stress, my social anxiety, and as a way of creative self-expression. For me photography helps heal the soul. Helping to find more appreciation in life, explore the beauty around me and become a more confident and rounded person.

Over the last two years I've become interested in long exposure and lotus photography, exploring light and shadows to create a view that never existed.

Throughout the journey mentors and friends have shared their experience, knowledge and help guide me through this journey. They've helped to inspire me, to improve myself and motivate me.

My advice to others is, don't feel afraid to get out there and find your own journey. Another world of adventure is only a click away.

Before photography, I had no way to express myself creatively. Being a shutter bug gives me a perspective in more ways than one, it offers the freedom to express myself in new and creative ways.