Hi all! I'm no pro, and I'm new to the forums as well as photography, but since my dad got a new camera very recently, like last week, and passed me his old Pentax Optio E10, I have been taking a photo a day to document my life for 365 days.

There's a story behind this picture, or the subject in the picture.

I was visiting my husband in the United States, and was to leave on Valentine's Day back to Singapore due to travel visa issues. The week before, he was happily bouncing about the room, and when I asked why, he replied, "I don't know if I should give you your Valentine's Day gift now or later... what the heck, open it." with that big grin on his face. When I lifted it out of the box, I was surprised. And now that I have a new camera, I can finally take a picture of it.



It was a lavender jade pendant on a silver chain. Notice the middle of the pendant? It says prosperity in Chinese. Now, my Chinese name means "to adorn with jade" when translated, and when I asked him why he bought the pendant for me, he went, "Because one, I know what your Chinese name means, and that means 'to adorn with jade', two, I know you absolutely adore purple, and three, lavender is your favorite scent."

I cried. It was such a perfect gift.

I know the color is a little washed out and everything... I blame the lighting in my room.

I like the silhouette pictures, though like hanafinoor mentioned, it does seem a little stale after a while. You seem like you have great technique though and I like your framing.

Maybe stray a little from your usual?