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Ashley

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Age: 20

#448 2007-07-21 12:22 GMT

What inspired you to get into photography? Why did you start, and what made you get your first camera?

I didn't get extremely intersted in photography until my grandpa got into it. I saw some of his work and thought to myself "wow, I think I could exceed at this". I also some pictures at the fair that inspired me.

cg

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Age: 28

#458 2007-08-02 01:17 GMT

I honestly love seeing some of the poses that people make when they are not even trying. I remember at an early age, I should try to make it so that others can see this person the way I see them. Now the only thing that has changed, is I went from people, to just about anything nature.

bigearl67

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Age: 41

#462 2007-08-05 07:08 GMT

For me it was lost opportunities. I turned the big four-ohhh this past March and realized how much has slipped thru me over time. A stress induced nervous break down in 2000 followed by a stroke months later created a lot of noise in my personal "photographic memory." I always took pictures as an amateur writer for Outdoors publications but they were supplementary to the text. To remember the faces of the Inuits that I hunted with in the Arctic ocean, wind worn and drawn with time or some of the ancient cave paintings I discovered while on a three day solo trek in Zimbabwe would be personally satisfying. I cannot relive those hundreds of campfires and voyages but I can capture the future ones.

dave92706

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Age: 54

#965 2007-09-15 03:36 GMT

I was fortunate to have a father that was the original camera-photograhy buff. My first camera was a Brownie and my dad and I developed the black and white film in our darkroom in the basement of our house. All vacations revolved around somewhere my dad wanted to visit and photograph. His interest in traveling allowed me to visit almost all of the U.S. My first 35mm SLR was a hand me down Mamiya that died in service in my youth. I didn't really get involved seriously into photography until my twenties and I started rock climbing in places that were so beautiful that it would have been a sin not to have a shot of them . My climbing experiences included Yosemite , old mine shafts,caves, the Sierras, and many places in Southern California now called my home. I use photography as my way to indulge in the arts and express myself as a landscape artist but as an outdoor journalist I have to use photography for illustration purposes.

A great photo begins in the mind not in a camera lens.

PrivateIdaho

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Age: 38

#970 2007-09-15 11:45 GMT

I received a 35mm film SLR camera and a few lenses for high school graduation and fell in love with shooting through that type of camera. Prior to that, as a small child, I had always taken pictures....usually with one of those small , rectangle shaped cameras that used 126 film.

What really got me into the hobby more than anything though was the birth of my first child. It was at that point that I became really motivated to improve my photography, for the sake of my kids and capturing their lives.

DE_Hood

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Age: 50

#972 2007-09-15 23:33 GMT

I got into phography alot lately,,, unfortunately had till Last Christmas season, when my home was robbed, I had a Minolta htsi 35 mm, with wide angle and telephoto, used it alot over the last 4 yrs and enjoyed immensely the art of photography, but after the insurance covered my lossee,,, decided to go with Digital,, have really increased the time i alot my hobby,,, Digital rocks, D

kk51ny

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Age: 52

#992 2007-09-19 10:17 GMT

In earlier times, it was my dream to become a photo journalist. I instead chose a career in law enforcement which enhanced my attention for detail. I enjoy the creativity and sense of expression that photography enables.

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