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!
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!