Who was your inspiration to start photography?

[cletusjermal]

well mine was my girlfriend. She told me i had taken some pretty good pics with my point and shoot and then i started to get interested in it then i learned about peter lik and now i want to be as successful as him.

 

[Mathazzar]

I've had an interest in photography for years, but never really considered pursuing it more fully alongside my other passions (composing and writing).

A few months back though, I had a spark of renewed interest and started shooting more and learning some more formal technical and aesthetic aspects of the craft. In so doing, I came across the likes of David DuChemin and Ami Vitale and their spectacular work has cemented my interest...haven't looked back.

 

[Stradawhovious]

Mine isn't a who, it's more of a what. I took a vacation to the Portland OR area, an took my favorite little point and shoot with me. I took hundreds and hundreds of pictures, and they were all worth looking at.

Once.

I promised myself that I would get a decent camera, and learn how to take pictures worth looking at more than once.

I have a decent camera now, so I'm half way there.

 

[RicJoe]

Austin Stevens

I have been watching him on Discovery for a few years, he always took time to stop and enjoy the beauty of his surroundings, then he would shoot it with his camera. Every time I would go somewhere I would enjoy the moment and take a snapshot, decided I would like to improve on that.

 

[phiya]

I bought a nice camera and decided to become a pro

Isn't that how everyone does it? lol.

I just always wanted to take photo's. I can remember as far back as 3 or 4 years old with my Ninja Turtles camera taking pictures of everything. It's just always been there. My mom inspired me with her support. She didn't look at me like I was crazy when I asked her for an $800 film camera when I was 16. Even though she ended up getting the wrong camera (a Kodak bridge camera) she genuinely tried to support my photography.

I totally had that same Ninja Turtles Camera. I recently started a photo blog; read my first post (there's only 2 so far) to see what got me into it, and what photography is to me.
rickyjayphotos.blogspot.com

 

[IgsEMT]

Jeffrey (Ya'akov) Marcus, R.I.P.
Probably taught me 80%+ of everything I know.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

No inspiration. Just picked up another creative outlet.

What are your other creative outlets if you don't mind me asking?

Hmmm, let's see....

There's kite design/building:

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Ceramics:

Glass blowing:

Baking:

There's also been fiber arts (weaving/felting), painting, printmaking, enameling, wood carving..........

 

[mjhoward]

Peter Lik

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

:blushing:

 

[Art of Emotion]

No inspiration. Just picked up another creative outlet.

What are your other creative outlets if you don't mind me asking?

Hmmm, let's see....

There's kite design/building:


Ceramics:

Glass blowing:

Baking:

There's also been fiber arts (weaving/felting), painting, printmaking, enameling, wood carving..........

Holy! Seems like you have the creative eye and excellent execution in all of your crafts. I love those plates!

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I just love making things.

I also have done brick laying, redid all the plumbing in my duplex, gutted and remodeled a kitchen and bath, a little wiring (afraid of electricity), landscaping, and raise Koi in a 11x17x4 foot deep self dug "pond".

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I get bored easily?

 

[LokiZ]

Growing up in a small town prior to the days of internet or even readily availible BBS' I would have to say one person and one inanimate object. Since the question seems fairly open and without a lot of guidelines I would have to say my interest in photography came long before I even picked up a camera.

My inspiration came from my dad (and also from his National Geographic magazine collection.) Long before I could read I would spend hours looking through NGM never tiring of the amazing work of the pros.

My dad being of the brethren denomination was a CO and therefore was sent all over Europe to help rebuild the damage that only a war can provide. During his time overseas he did find time to venture of to the untouched countryside now and again which gave him the opportunity to bring back loads of memories of his time spent there. My favorites were his slides from Austria and Germany. Countrysides, castles, small villages, and those he was there working with all came home with him prior to my birth.

While he may not be considered what many call photographers in some of the forums for lack of school or study of the basics, that does not matter to me. To me he was/is a photographer and his unending drive to record via camera what he deems beautiful and worthy is the back bone that got me interested in the art of photography.

I love my dad. The creativity he passed down to me is a gift nobody could ever match in my opinion.

 

[phiya]

I just love making things.

I also have done brick laying, redid all the plumbing in my duplex, gutted and remodeled a kitchen and bath, a little wiring (afraid of electricity), landscaping, and raise Koi in a 11x17x4 foot deep self dug "pond".

You remind me of my college roommate. I bet you have off the charts spacial awareness. He took a ceramics class in college, never having done anything like that, and just killed it. His projects were stellar. He could make an exact replication of anything you asked him to. One year we decided to decorate our university owned apartment and he had never tagged (spray paint art)anything before. We bought some cheap plywood to hang on the wall and he tagged it like a like a pro. We took a volunteer class one day and he was so bored he drew one of the best tattoos I have ever seen on his own arm with a sharpie. People were asking him for a week how much he paid for it because they liked it so much. I wish I had those gifts.

 

[john sherratt]

Only got my first SLR the other week but invisable from this forum really gives me inspiration:mrgreen: