PhilDernerJr
2006-01-03, 08:44 PM
We spoke in another forum about how we got into aviation. Now, I wonder how you folks got started with photography.
Did you take any training courses? Were you into general photography before aviation? Did you start off with film or slides?
For me, my interest in aviation was reignited from my childhood by seeing photos on Airliners.net. The shots of Chris Sheldon from inside the terminal of 727s all over LGA, bursting with color in photo quality that I have never seen before made my stomach hurt with desire to take my own similar shots.
"USAF Pilot 07" and I discovered "the dock" and one day I invited Tom Turner to come by. He was the first person who ever showed me and let me use a Digital SLR. It was that day that I took what was my very first Anet photo:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/282303/L/
I was stuck filming planes until I received a Canon 10D as a gift in March of 2004. It was my very first camera, but thankfully, I had learned a lot about camera operations from Art Brett and Tom turner, and also managed to hone my Photoshop skills to where I was able to be pleased with my work days after receiving my camera.
It's a lot of work taking photographs, editing them, uploading and dealing with all that is involved. In fact, sometimes I forget how much I enjoy it. But once I get out there and hang out with all the other people in the hobby, I remember that there isn't much else I'd rather be doing with my time.
Did you take any training courses? Were you into general photography before aviation? Did you start off with film or slides?
For me, my interest in aviation was reignited from my childhood by seeing photos on Airliners.net. The shots of Chris Sheldon from inside the terminal of 727s all over LGA, bursting with color in photo quality that I have never seen before made my stomach hurt with desire to take my own similar shots.
"USAF Pilot 07" and I discovered "the dock" and one day I invited Tom Turner to come by. He was the first person who ever showed me and let me use a Digital SLR. It was that day that I took what was my very first Anet photo:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/282303/L/
I was stuck filming planes until I received a Canon 10D as a gift in March of 2004. It was my very first camera, but thankfully, I had learned a lot about camera operations from Art Brett and Tom turner, and also managed to hone my Photoshop skills to where I was able to be pleased with my work days after receiving my camera.
It's a lot of work taking photographs, editing them, uploading and dealing with all that is involved. In fact, sometimes I forget how much I enjoy it. But once I get out there and hang out with all the other people in the hobby, I remember that there isn't much else I'd rather be doing with my time.