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11/29/2011 06:14:28 PM · #1
Seems just like yesterday that I got a film SLR to replace one that had been stolen 10 years earlier. Well, that yesterday was about 10 years ago.

A couple weeks ago I ran across a box of old CDs and as I was checking through them, I realized that since I had plenty of storage space I might as well load them up. I also realized that other than my immediate family, most of them had never seen the light of day. So I started building me an archive...

For the most part, these are just regular snapshots, taken by an avid hobbyist. Nothing special. A few gems here and there, and plenty of stuff that my Mom and wife like, but nothing really setting the world on fire.

I really think dpc was what made the difference for me, allowing me and forcing me to concentrate on what I was doing, rather than just doing what I had been doing the previous 20-30 years. While I don't have time for challenges or much else, I'll just have to let my limited participation here, especially in this forum section, be my way of saying "Thanks, dpc!"

Anyway, here's proof that anyone who wants to can do it...

Message edited by author 2011-11-29 18:14:56.
11/29/2011 06:24:09 PM · #2
Thank you for sharing. Nothing shows us how far we've traveled than reviewing where we've been.
11/29/2011 06:38:01 PM · #3
With your determination, you could do anything, Skip.
11/29/2011 10:30:40 PM · #4
Originally posted by Skip:

Seems just like yesterday that I got a film SLR to replace one that had been stolen 10 years earlier. Well, that yesterday was about 10 years ago.

You made me think ... I got a digital camera a little over ten years ago, and right after I picked it up some friends were taking me directly to hear some music at a club -- AFAIK this is my first digital photo* (nothing like starting out facing the worst lighting conditions possible!).



I haven't really tried to "go pro" the way you have, but I have made a few hundred in stock royalties and sold a print here and there, and I always try to read your posts when someone asks for advice about the pro photography business, and I advise others to do likewise ... :-)

*note that at this point I'd been scanning photos and using Photoshop for several years already ...
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