Before the pandemic, as an expatriate, I was used to traveling and sitting on a plane hopping from one continent to another, but now It was the first time in my life that I felt like I was trapped in one place. After I overcame my initial stage of frustration and helplessness, I started to realize that I needed to learn to accept things which I couldn’t change. I forced myself to change my mindset and invest my energy and focus on what I could do with my life under those new circumstances. After taking some time to think, I decided to try something completely different, something which I already enjoyed as a hobby, I started studying photography. I was always interested in taking photos when traveling or taking photos of my children and of everyday life. Although these photos were nice, I wanted to dig deeper and bring my photography to a different level and gain a solid knowledge to get me out of “auto modus”. I thought I had nothing to lose, so I signed up for a photography online course which took me through not only different technical modalities of a camera, but of a conceptual understanding of photography from the artistic perspective. I’m now enjoying getting outside with my camera and connecting with the nature through the lens and becoming more observant. Sometimes I head to the city and roam the streets taking photos of strangers or searching for interesting architectural detail. Taking photos brings me lots of joy from being in the present moment capturing something which is gone in a split second to photographing a situation which can tell a story.