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?
Always had an interest, even applied for the photography course at school but it wasn’t run as short of applicants so ended up doing my second choice of business studies.
Never really had the funds to get in to it, but when I was a roadie for a few local bands you’d start to get a tad bored between set-up and strip down once you got to know the songs (in some cases better than the lead, shame I can’t sing…) and you can’t really have a drink as you need to drive home.
One night a guy from a band I’d got really good friends with gave me his canon dslr and asked me to get some shots for his socials (facebook was just about becoming a thing, don’t believe we had instagram at that point) so I figured what the hell, I’ve always fancied it and had a go.
Really enjoyed it, saved up my roadie earnings and treat myself to a Nikon d5100 (as better low light than the canon I’d gotten used to) and it’s been a wild ride since then in the intervening decades.