Soul Rebel
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lostprophet said:I'd suffering from depression for about 4 years on and off and I'd been on anti-depressants for a few weeks and was told to just get out and do something. so I did, I just went in town and brought the first camera I saw in a shop, didn't have a clue how to use it and decided it might be fun learning.
I've never had a lesson in my life I just learnt from looking at other peoples work, thats the best thing about this group, theres just so much talent from you people to keep me trying harder.
Photography is theh best thing in my life, OK its the ONLY thing in my life but hey i'm now happy
I just had to comment on this. I was told that I was depressed and despite not having medical insurance any longer, therefore not being able to continue seeing my therapist, I feel my depression has hit its all time high. Like you, photography is the one thing that keeps me going. The feeling I get when I am out there taking photos is better than any high I have ever experienced.
As for the question.....I feel that I was serious even when I had my first point and shoot. Like a few people here have said its not all about the equipment you have but what you do with it. I got serious with the cheap point and shoot I got for christmas. It took little skill, sure, but I was taking my time putting together shots and really thinking about what I was doing.
Not that I have use of a decent digital camera and my Canon T50 SLR I feel that I am slightly more serious than I had been but not much more. Now I get to change the lens, fiddle with the lens, etc.
Oh, why I have gotten serious.....its actually a pretty selfish reason. I liked the attention. My sister was always good with instruments (piano, violent, and a couple of others) but I never had that one thing I was good at. Sure I could read but who cares? When my mom gave me a 50 dollar Olympus point and shoot for christmas a few years ago I took some shots and everybody liked them. They told me that I had an eye for photography. It drove me. I was in it more for the attention than I was for the one. I think thats fine though. Everybody has to have that one thing they are proud of and are willing to accept the attention for
Although now I do it more for the love of photography. Ive found myself taking shots I want to take and not what I feel others will like.