Hello photographer friends,
I love the growing sense of community among you all.
Please share your story with everyone by answering these questions.
Do you recall a moment when your passion for photography was born?
Did anybody encourage you in your passion?
Did you ever feel like this is what I want to do the rest of my life?
After falling head over heals with photography, was there a moment you went deeper and discovered a particular style or approach to photography?
I can’t wait to read your answers!
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Here’s what one person said they learned from the video:
How to choose the main focus when there is more than one subject
Shapes that are in the photo and how they are placed
Direction in the photo that draws the eye
How to crop to get the subject in the cross lines
Try to get a different angle of the same scene, or even create a scene like splashing water
And to just apply different ideas to see how they look
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Thanks so much for being readers and supporters. Your comments and encouragement mean a lot to me and it’s great to know you’re finding value in what I’m sending out.
Don’t forget to answer that series of questions!
Mat
Do you recall a moment when your passion for photography was born?
Victor:
Not my real serious start, but an interesting and valued gift. When I was 15, visiting my Grandmother she gave me my very first camera, a "Rainbow HAWK-EYE No 2 Model C". It had a handle on top, clips to open it on the top and side, a twisting device on the side to advance the film, a shutter release that moves Up and Down (each time taking a picture), a frosted glass on top to view the image and a hole on the front of the camera (where a lens might be) but reveals only a spring inside. I still have this camera and it works! 20 years later I got my real start and I committed fully to my new hobby with a Contax RTS 35mm camera and a host of Zeiss lenses, then an Enlarger and all the darkroom paraphernalia, at first I did Black and white film, later (A mistake, I often thought) I started taking colour film and slide film. Then when digital came along, and got much better, I abandoned my film camera and all related gear. Now, I spend some time taking photos (I hope one could call them photos not pictures) and more time editing and filing them using any number of editing and cataloging software, I was sorry when Apple abandoned "Aperture". Encouragement has alway come along from various Photo seminars and people like our friend Mat C!
Did anybody encourage you in your passion?
Yes lots
Did you ever feel like this is what I want to do the rest of my life?
I am here and still doing it with great interest.
After falling head over heals with photography, was there a moment you went deeper and discovered a particular style or approach to photography?
Not really, I try everything, but mainly for sports clubs taking action shots and making collages for their interests.
I always liked taking photos of friends and the things we were doing. But probably my first road trip when I tired to mix in the exotic landscapes I was visiting along with the people I was sharing the trip with.