I am certainly not ahead of anyone that I have known throughout my life. But I started to do photography as a hobby back in the late 80's, and still is. I have received no training or education over the years, umm... I mean photographically. Most of my knowledge was gathered from magazines, observation and experiments. I have read some books too over the years, but none that I found particular useful as I remember. For this reason, I have zero knowledge on darkroom because I have never had the chance. But it is also true that I have never displayed any of my own work so I have never had the urge to learn it either. I guess I just enjoy taking pictures and playing with my gears more than anything else, so I just keep doing it. :)I'm quite curious here. How many of you took some formal training in regards to photography? Was it a university arts degree, or a community college course, or something else, like training under a professional or having a wise friend show you the tricks. Or is it simply many years of simple experience and perhaps reading books?Just wondering why (besides my lack of experience) you folks are so far ahead of me ;-)
regards,
Alan Chan
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