Hi, I’m Sum — a husband, a father, and a photographer who once saw the world through a hopeful lens.

Last year, I made the hardest decision of my life — I left Hong Kong with my family and moved to the UK, hoping to give my child a future with more freedom, more safety, and more dreams.

But to do that, I had to give up my own dream. I sold all my camera gear — every lens, every body, everything I had worked so hard to own — just to afford the journey to a new life.

It’s been a year. Life here is not glamorous. We work hard. We worry. But we survive.

I have a job, but after rent, bills, and my child’s school needs, there’s barely anything left. Still, deep in my heart, I miss the feeling of holding a camera… capturing a smile… freezing a moment that someone can treasure forever.

Photography isn’t just a job to me. It was once my voice, my hope, and my healing. And now, I want to use it to help others too — families here, new friends, those who can’t afford fancy studios but deserve beautiful memories.

My colleagues have already offered to be my first “models.” They believe in me — they just know I need a camera.

All I’m asking is help to raise £1100 — enough to buy a second-hand camera with a decent lens. It’s not just about photos. It’s about rebuilding dignity, passion, and a better future.

Your help — whether it’s £5, a share, or just reading this — brings me closer to standing behind the camera again.

From my heart: thank you. Let’s make smiles last forever.

Kind regards,

Sum

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去年，我做咗人生最艱難嘅決定 —— 為咗下一代，我帶住家人離開香港，嚟到英國，只希望小朋友可以有多啲自由、多啲選擇、多啲夢想。

但為咗呢個選擇，我放棄咗自己多年努力儲返嚟嘅攝影器材——每支鏡頭、每部相機——全部賣晒，只為換來移民英國嘅一張機票。

來到英國一年，生活並不如想像咁容易。努力工作，憂心開支，捱過每個月。

雖然我有份正職，但人工扣除租金、生活費、小朋友升中學嘅開支之後，就所剩無幾。

但我心入面一直掛住影相嘅感覺 —— 拿起相機、捕捉笑容、凍結一個值得珍藏一世的瞬間。

攝影曾經係我嘅聲音、我嘅希望、我心靈的療癒。

而家，我想用佢去幫人 —— 英國嘅家庭、新識嘅朋友、冇能力去影婚紗相、家庭照嘅人，但都值得擁有回憶。

我啲同事甚至話願意俾我幫佢哋影相，佢哋信我，只係我而家欠缺一部相機。

我只希望籌到 £1100，就可以買返一部夠用嘅二手相機同鏡頭。唔只係影相咁簡單，而係重建自信、找回熱情、為屋企人創造一個更好嘅未來。

你每一分支持——無論係 £5、一個轉發、定只係睇到呢度——都令我離夢想再近一步。

由衷感謝你。

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