I have a fairly similar introductoin into photography. I used to not take
photographs much at all. I then began dating my significant other who has
some obsession with scrapbooks, so a camera became a regular third wheel in
the relationship. It only took about $15 of my own money into processing
disposable cameras until i realized, "Dang...i can draw better than this".
>From there i found some website which recommended the K1000 as a good 1st
camera. This led me to E-bay where i found my 1st camera. Since then an
addiction to both pantax cameras and ebay has led to several hundred dollars
randomly being deducted from my bank account (no comparison to the thousands
that many others spend, but hey...i spend what i can).
This past month was my first PUG submission after sitting on the
sidelines for a while and reading the PDML for about a year. I submitted to
the PUG because i view my photography with a very athletic mindset. If i am
going to do it, i want to be goos at it. The PUG is a place where i can see
my own pictures side by side with other amatures and likewise some seasoned
veterans. Some are creative, some not so. Some techinically profficient, some
not so. If i get a suggestion, I'm all the better for it. If i get a praise,
i smile and get a warm fuzzy. If i get a harsh critisism, the writer is
probably a jerk and i don't care. I submitt to the PUG to see my work and
evauate it myself against other really good photos. My goal is to be good,
and being a very picky person, my standard of good is my own satisfaction. I
wouldn't submit an image to the PUG i wasn't satisfied with. The PUG does,
though, help me to develop and refine my concept of what is acceptable to
myself.
likewise longwinded...nobody wants to read this, but i wrote it anyway.
Brent
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