1. Describe your own experience about Life of any photographer
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if you actually have your first image somewhere at hand and would like to show it to us in comments below – go for it!
PS: I’ll kick us off. My first experience with a camera was when I was in primary school. I remember my parents entrusted me with the family camera (it was a film camera, I think it was a Kodak one) for a day because my class was going on an excursion.
The destination of the excursion (and the subjects of my first ‘shoot’) was to see the Prince and Princess of Wales (Charles and Diana) who were visiting Melbourne. They were going to be driving down the freeway near our school.
My parents handed over the camera with the advice to ‘get close’ and ‘don’t take too many photos’.
My results were pretty average. I got two shots of the limousine as it drove past. One of them was framed by Australian flags which I was quite proud of at the time because while it Charles and Diana were nowhere to be seen it did capture some of the feeling of the moment.
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I have always loved photography, but I have never really seriously occupied myself with it. Although I was always keen to learn more about it, every attempt was a failure. There were so many new terms and concepts, and I became more and more confused. The biggest problem, really, was that I didn’t know where to start. I vividly remember a fellow student at university who was a professional photographer whom I’d always admired, because he had skills I would have very much liked to learn.
A whole new world has opened up to me through photography: DSLR cameras, lenses, tripods, picture editing programs, filters, composition, and light. Now it has already been more than two years since I bought my first DSLR camera and everyone who sees my photos is always impressed and I usually receive very positive feedback. Many people send emails and ask me what camera I’m using. On the whole I’m naturally quite proud that I have made progress, but the success is definitely due to the fact that I didn’t give up and that I have always remained curious. On the other hand I think that constructive feedback wouldn’t be bad either, because it would help me to understand my mistakes and to improve them.
*note:not my personal story