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

Years before I even got a camera, I told an old roommate I wanted to make paintings of real life. Now I do that. It's rewarding but it's the surprise of it all. I never know what shots I'm gonna walk away with walking into it. I stumble upon it, if you will. Shooting from the hip. It's sporadic and fun and exilerating. I've built a brand upon it now. I got so much more work to do, I got about 10 years of work in front of me right now, I'm trying to chip away at, and trying to figure out how to pay for all the things to make those future projects I got stored in my head.