K9Kirk
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Thanks, I feel like I ramble too much at times. Maybe I don't. Nice to hear, thx!
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What started your photography?
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RichardB
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Nope, you don't. And even if you did, we like that here!
CraigMcM
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I began with film processes, but hated the uncertainty of it all.
A few classes in highschool were too concentrated on chemical processing,
so I bugged out. Processing from Photomat and the like was torture.
Acquired a Canon S3iS, and it opened my eyes.
Suddenly, I could take control of my images: post-processing, developing, all of it.
Suddenly, with RAW processing and the rest of it, I was able to make my photos my own.
I no longer had to rely on a Photomat or other processor to reveal my photos,
and I went to town on making the photos my own.
Make a sharp cut to this day, and it's still how I do it.
It's how I make the photographs mine; not how some processing lab
decides they should be.
A few classes in highschool were too concentrated on chemical processing,
so I bugged out. Processing from Photomat and the like was torture.
Acquired a Canon S3iS, and it opened my eyes.
Suddenly, I could take control of my images: post-processing, developing, all of it.
Suddenly, with RAW processing and the rest of it, I was able to make my photos my own.
I no longer had to rely on a Photomat or other processor to reveal my photos,
and I went to town on making the photos my own.
Make a sharp cut to this day, and it's still how I do it.
It's how I make the photographs mine; not how some processing lab
decides they should be.
tacphotog
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Boredom. I was in the Army stationed in Germany back in the mid 70's. I picked up a Pentax Spotmatic F and a Popular Photography magazine for something to do and was hooked. I changed to Canon when the AE-1 came out and now I shoot with an R6 and a 5D Mark II. The Army used to have photo clubs on post with full B&W and color darkrooms, so I could shoot and then process and print at will. It came in handy when I went to college and had to balance out my bad math scores. The instructor had me teaching darkroom after he saw what I could do. I've been second camera at some fashion shoots and have shot a couple of weddings. I was a photographer for the Kennel Club of Panama while I was stationed there in the early 80's. It's been fun. As things go, my job took over everything and I stopped my photography for a long time. Now that I'm older and not working as much I'm getting back into it.
