basically we belong to Balakot Once I was there, I fell in love with the city and started clicking photos on my mobile phone. These pictures were shared with my parents and friends back in Pakistan. I persuaded my parents to get me a DSLR and continued clicking pictures which I then posted to Facebook (which was just booming back then) and to my delight, I would receive about 10 likes per picture. For someone who had been discouraged by teachers and society my whole life, this made a huge difference to my confidence. I began to enjoy clicking everything I saw in dubai. YouTube and Google became my new teachers from whom I learned everything. Even when I faced problems from the local ruffians and gangs abroad, it didn’t stop me from setting targets for myself in photography and achieving them too. I started following famous photographers on 500 px500 from 2015 and would regularly be inspired by them to push myself further, And then I did internships with different companies over time.
Never be scared to get out of your comfort zone and start something new. Everything will be difficult in the beginning and getting scared will never allow you to move further. In general, teachers and parents don’t recognize the value of the dreams and passions of kids but I strongly believe that everyone has a speciality and an inner talent. Everyone is adept in doing something that others find hard to do. We have to listen to our gut feelings and start working right away. Imagining what we could achieve at some point in the future will never work until we move right now and plunge into action.