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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 360141" data-attributes="member: 12257">Never messed with anything other than a point and shoot my entire life.&nbsp; Knew some pics that captured my attention, but never really dove into it...&nbsp; I was more of a poetry kind of guy.&nbsp; Wrote a few that I thought would go AMAZINGLY well with the right photo, tried with the P&amp;S, failed, and gave up knowing I didn't have the equipment I wanted, or the money to get it.Started working on more &quot;creative&quot; shots with the iPhone cameras as I was out and about on the bike, and fell into a &quot;sense&quot; of the right angle, lighting, etc, but never really pursued it even then.&nbsp; Until...&nbsp; an EXTREMELY talented young man started working for me PT (for the insurance) but made his living with professional photography, and looking at what he created had me HOOKED!&nbsp; I started picking his brain and planning for the &quot;some day&quot;...December 2012, I finally had the cash to jump in with a D3100 and went for it.&nbsp; It was instant love, and I've been pursuing/learning/growing ever since!&nbsp; Even got asked to second shoot a wedding by the young man that used to work for me, which was an unbelievable compliment considering his talent!No &quot;YEARS OF FAMILY INTEREST&quot; or &quot;YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY&quot; story here, guys.&nbsp; Just a little over a year and a half of &quot;addictive pursuit&quot; so far.&nbsp; After that...&nbsp; well, my learning curve and 2014 &quot;Snack&quot; thread can catch ya up from there. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 360141, member: 12257"] Never messed with anything other than a point and shoot my entire life. Knew some pics that captured my attention, but never really dove into it... I was more of a poetry kind of guy. Wrote a few that I thought would go AMAZINGLY well with the right photo, tried with the P&S, failed, and gave up knowing I didn't have the equipment I wanted, or the money to get it. Started working on more "creative" shots with the iPhone cameras as I was out and about on the bike, and fell into a "sense" of the right angle, lighting, etc, but never really pursued it even then. Until... an EXTREMELY talented young man started working for me PT (for the insurance) but made his living with professional photography, and looking at what he created had me HOOKED! I started picking his brain and planning for the "some day"... December 2012, I finally had the cash to jump in with a D3100 and went for it. It was instant love, and I've been pursuing/learning/growing ever since! Even got asked to second shoot a wedding by the young man that used to work for me, which was an unbelievable compliment considering his talent! No "YEARS OF FAMILY INTEREST" or "YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY" story here, guys. Just a little over a year and a half of "addictive pursuit" so far. After that... well, my learning curve and 2014 "Snack" thread can catch ya up from there. ;) [/QUOTE]

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