本事。Capability

Photography POV: I have been messing around with DSLR close to about 10 years now, from loving only Olympus to only not buying Canon, then shooting from digital to film and analysing light from natural light to flash then to chasing the perfect light. All this while, everything in my life has been revolving around this amazing hobby that I picked up. Sometimes I wonder, is it me having fun with photography, or is it photography having fun with my life?

攝影沈思：認真拿起單眼開始學習攝影快十年。從只愛Olympus到只剩Canon不買，再從數碼拍到銀鹽，也從分析自然光到閃光打燈再到追逐最美光線時刻。只要是有關攝影，不管是生活還是工作都是圍繞著這個自我感覺非常良好的嗜好在做調適。是自己在玩攝影，還是攝影在玩自己？

身邊有個孩子今年十八歲。印象中他在十五歲左右就輟學，應該是不愛唸書。他在十歲左右曾經到舞蹈教室來學跳舞，只是後來因為某些因素而停止繼續。去年他又再來到教室報名上課，這一次就呆到了今天，是一個身體條件非常適合跳霹靂舞的傢伙，謙虛程度100％。
小傢伙家裡開餐廳賣著遠近馳名的燒肉，魚滑和牛滑。而他自從輟學後，就是這家店的燒肉和魚滑師傅。一個十八歲的孩子，每天清晨四點半就得起床到店裡去弄燒肉和製魚滑，從和他的對話中知道因為是家族生意所以常年工作，沒什麼機會和一般人一樣有什麼長假。語氣中，倒不難發覺這孩子對自己的要求不比在學校想盡辦法考高分的學生低。有可能他就是那些比別人更早認清方向的。或者說，至少知道自己不愛什麼。

Sometimes people don't realise they are actually great at something that they repeat everyday and have it planted so deep inside themselves. What looks basic to them, is so much of techniques and knowledge to us. 

從他身上發現，有本事的人有時候不知道自己其實很有本事，日復一日重複著同一件事情，不知覺地把非常棒的東西都深深種在腦裡。在他看來是非常基本的東西，對我們而言那當中蘊藏了多少技術和知識。

I guess I won't get to eat his charcoal grilled pork as I don't really eat meat (apart from fish) no more.

基於本身已經沒有在吃肉，所以應該也沒什麼機會能吃到他燒的肉。

Moment from Let's Start From Home.

This photo was taken while I was on my travel documentary project around Sabah. Kids are sea professional. Their after school past time is catching fish for dinner. Please spend 8 minutes watching this story from my home, Sabah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVGYzxnhklg

Let's Start From Home 。從心出發

我2000畢業中學後，感激媽媽的無私奉獻，把我送到了澳洲。接下來的五年，看的東西是一輩子也忘不了的回憶。

終於，我回家了。斷斷續續地嘗試了一些不一樣的工作，畢業了十年最後決定走攝影紀錄這條路。我開始透過攝影去紀錄旅行，紀錄婚禮，紀錄生活。慢慢地，發現自己收集了好多好多不同國家的故事。在整理的時候，我發現我沒有我家的故事。我不知道和我住在同一片土地上的人，是過著怎樣的生活。

John Lynch 在紀錄片 'Abroad' 說過這麼一句：“ When does a tourist become a traveler? ” 於是我開始收集故事。在擬定了用旅行紀錄故事這個大方向之後，我為這件小事取了一個自己覺得還不賴的小名字，叫《從心出發》。

一個月前，我帶著兩位心愛的助手出發了，一路向北。從電話訊號的消失到沒有電流供應，從出發前茶店的廁所到對著星星沖涼，住在同一片土地上的我們，對生活和未來卻抱著那麼不一樣的心情。

第一集，也就是這集。我希望你可以把生命中寶貴的八分鐘讓給我。請認清楚那些原住民小孩子的臉，因為他們將會是這個貪婪的社會的犧牲品，在他們自己還沒有發覺的時候，他們已經無路可走，無家可回。誰能幫幫他們？

After my high school graduation in year 2000, my great selfless mother sent me to Australia for the next 5 years, to study and to experience things I will never forget for the rest of my life.

In 2006, I finally came home. After a few searches and tryouts, I decided to record life through the eyes of my lens. I started recording travels, weddings and life. Then I noticed I have collected so many stories from so many different countries but none from my home, the place where I grow up. I didn't even know what kind of life those who live with me on this land are experiencing.

John Lynch in his documentary 'Abroad' asked 'When does a tourist become a traveler?' I then started to put together some puzzles. After having generated a direction of recording stories through traveling, I gave my little project a little name, 'Let's Start From Home'.

About a month ago, I started my first journey with 2 great assistants heading to the north of Borneo. It was amazing, how those who live with us on the same land, has so different point of view towards life from ours.

This is my first story on this land that I care. I hope you can spare me your valuable 8 minutes, to remember faces of those young kids. Because they will be sacrificed by the greedy world and before they even notice, they will have nowhere to go, no home to return. Can somebody help them?