How long have you been a photographer?

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Permalink Reply by Richard S. on December 24, 2007 at 12:36pm

I have been a photography enthusiast for about 7 or 8 years now. When I am home for a long time I usually take less photos because there seem to be less opportunities. I usually get into photography heavily when I have a trip or vacation coming up.

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Permalink Reply by Tommy-Mathias on December 26, 2007 at 12:08am

I started at the beginning of this year when I got my first camera, an Olympus x-715. I got hooked immediately and started reading magazines and tutorials to get better as a photagrapher and Photoshop soon found it's way on to my computer, which I'm using almost every day now.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on December 26, 2007 at 5:13am

I have been doing photography for about 9 years I didn't seriously pursue the hobby until about 2 years ago when I retired and had the time to really enjoy it.

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Permalink Reply by Bruno Tavares e Silva on December 28, 2007 at 8:05am

I have been since last month..... hahahahahaha... I'll be a great photographer but I need to study with you to improve myself... and I want to share my knowledge in photoshop..... See ya

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Permalink Reply by Mona M on January 6, 2008 at 6:05pm

I became a photo enthusiast about 4 years ago when I purchased my first digital - a point & shoot Kodak. Then I bought a bit better Kodak, moved to a Konica Minolta Dimage A2 and now own a Canon Rebel XTi. Once the "Shuitter" bug took hold I started reading photo magazines and looking for online tutorials and then my camera became an almost constant companion! Even though I have learned a lot, I know that there is soooo much more that I need to learn.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Kiefer on January 6, 2008 at 7:21pm

I really got into it in 2001-ish. I was using a 35mm Rebel. When I got my digital Rebel in '05, it turned into an obsession. I really need to learn more technical stuff. I get a few magazines, read A LOT online, and am going to enroll in a class at IUSB this spring. Hope to learn a lot then.

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Permalink Reply by Mona M on January 8, 2008 at 6:42am

In the few years that I have taken up photography, I have seen a lot of great photos to compare my work against and try to learn the techniques. I have also found that some of the best photos had been taken by simple point-and-shoots. So, it's the mind's eye that makes the photographer more than the equipment.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Perko on January 8, 2008 at 12:39pm

Your last sentence really speaks numbers to me. So many people think that its the camera. Some of it is, I'll be honest. But a lot of it is perspective and depth some things that the photographer him/herself can control. I took a class from a man who once told me, "You can shoot with a toss away camera and still get something quite nice." I'm glad that you mentioned this.

Melissa

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Permalink Reply by Mona M on January 8, 2008 at 12:55pm

Thanks, Melissa. A very striking photograph I once saw of a nighttime city skyline reflected in what looked like a very large lake was taken by a throw-away camera. The photographer did not have his regular camera with him, so bought the throw-away one at a nearby store. The photo, by the way, was a city skyline reflected in a puddle of water in a flat parking lot. Looking at the photo you would have thought it was a city on a harbor or on a large lake.

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Permalink Reply by Dasiavue on October 7, 2008 at 6:00pm

I agree. The photographer envisions the photograph. Many people don't see things around them that would make great photos. I've always had an eye for photography and art. I hadn't pursued it passionately until this year when I started using a digital camera. I did do a lot of 35 mm photography on vacations and when my daughter was a baby, but now I am always carrying my cmera and looking for photo ops. It's become an obsession!

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Perko on January 8, 2008 at 12:49pm

I had some cheapo camera when I was about 8 that my parents bought me. However, it was really a bad bad camera and you would think that it was a bad thing but I learned to compensate for it. I learned a lot from that rotten camera. So later I picked up my mothers 35mm Nikon. I was sold. When I was 16 I took that beast to Germany with me and then later to Croatia. Later I bought some point and shoot Samsung and it crapped out on me in less than a year. After it was fixed it still didn't work right, so I cried LOL and threw it in a box. Last year I got the itch to shoot again and at the age of 24 I bought my Nikon D40, and fell in love. I pretty much always have that camera up to my face. I'd sleep with it clutched in my arms if I wasn't afraid of rolling over on it. I love photgraphy and always have. So within a few years I will be more than likely upgrading my camera.

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Snap happy everyone!
Melissa

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Permalink Reply by Ken Hungerford on January 8, 2008 at 12:55pm

Boy, I sure feel old! I took my first 35mm photos in 1956 using Kodachrome 10 ISO (I think that was the speed). No lightmeter, no auto focus, in fact not much of anything. The bad part is that as the years go on I realise I know less and less.

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