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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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What made you get into photography? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by elviajedelviento@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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When I walk around, there are always things that catch my eye. It's usually colours, shapes, shadows, how the light falls in a certain way. That's how I got into photography. I wanted to learn how to capture those things, moments. Learn how to do it in a visually interesting way. Because taking a photo of an interesting subject is one thing, but taking a captivating photo is something else. So I "borrowed" my dad's dusty Nikon & started taking classes & workshops. Ten years and 3 cameras later, I'm still in love with the art.

I'm curious. Photographers, what made you start to photograph?

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[–] Generation_ABXY@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had a camera on and off, took a class in college, etc., but I think what pushed me deeper was getting a job with a company that had just depressing in-house photography. Like, we're one of the leaders - if not the leader - in our industry, and the only time it didn't look like we were a small-town HS paper was when we were recycling pictures from a professional shoot over and over.

I decided to take a crack at it... and now it probably makes up half my workload. As a result, I'm constantly trying to learn new things and improve. Next year, my big push is to dig in on landscape photography, since I just can't seem to capture it whenever I come across a nice shot!

[–] elviajedelviento@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

So you basically created your own job as the company's photographer, good for you! I guess a lot of people wouldn't even care, if it wasn't already in their job description. I hope they value your worth! :)