peterjoseph

Nice 👍

monroephoto

My daughter, as a ninth grader, secured a spot on the varsity volleyball team. She was primarily an outside hitter with the ability to reach terrific heights for cross court and spike shots. It was then I decided to go all in and learn to shoot sports. Little did I know what equipment (and expense) it would take to effectively shoot low light, fast action sports. I purchased a Canon 1Dx with two "L" lens (24-70mm f/2.8 & 70-200mm f/2.8). I also invested in classes to learn the elements of a good sports photograph and how to go about shooting from better positions. (e.g. low, etc.). Nine years later, and several upgrades in equipment, I now shoot college football and basketball. The photographs I have of my daughter are very special to me, and the fun and challenge of capturing college athletes in action have provided me with a great chance to stay active and continue learning.

monroephoto

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JimRPhoto Loc: Raleigh NC

When I was in high school in the 1960s, a tall ship gathering was going to happen in New York harbor. I went to one of the big camera shops and bought a now-unremembered low end SLR without a built in exposure system. Using my dad’s incident light meter (which I still have) I took many photos of those tall ships. I was so new to photography that I had not realized the 50mm standard lens would not bring the ships in close. Joining the USAF and being sent to Okinawa, I bought a “real” SLR, the Canon FT-QL at the BX, which served me well for many years. And Okinawa was the place to buy what you needed at very reasonable prices - things like telephoto, zoom, and wide angle lenses. That was my real introduction to photography. But developing was hit or miss - the local off base labs often did poor quality processing, and the only alternative was to mail your rolls of film back to the States. We’ve certainly come a long way since then.

It is really interesting to read everyone’s stories here. Brings back some good memories and shared experiences.

petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

Love it, me too, school annual photographer !
Peter

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

My first camera was a Brownie Holiday Flash camera My mother gave me for Christmas when I was in the 8th grade. I didn't buy my first camera until a few years later when I was in the army at Fort Bragg. My motivation was wanting to move into 35mm photography. A buddy had an Argus C-20 he wanted to sell and I gave him $20.00 for it. A few months later I bought my first good 35mm camera, a Petri green window, rangefinder model I found in a pawn shop for $25.00. I still have both of those cameras.

bodiebill

My father was an outstanding photographer teaching me the principles of photography and film developing.
My first camera was a Kodak Brownie box camera, I alsoused my father's Zeiss Ikon folding camera, and occasionally his Graphflex with Zeiss Tessar f 4.5 lens. Marvelous detail with those Zeiss lenses.
I later bought a 35mm Kodak Retina IIa in college for $125 in 1951, a bold and expensive purchase!
I also inherited my fathers Kodak Tourist folding camera.
A business associate, who traveled internationally, purchased a Japanese Olympus 35 mm with light meter in the 1970's for me. My hobby was hiking, family camping and mountain climbing, and I carried both the Kodak Retina and Olympus on those trips. Great memories recorded in 35mm slides
I then acquired a Japanese Olympus OM 2 with an accessory telephoto lens.
My first digital camera was a Sony DSC75 with a Zeiss lens--on of my most used and favorites.
Later a Canon EOS T6i.
I have also collected Zeiss Contaflex and Zeiss Contax cameras--a few of those were Russian copies.
In retirement I have been using my iPad cell phone camera because it is readily available and quite capable.
I have thousands of my father's and my film camera photos that I have digitized, and organized into Power Point presentations for my children.
I has been a fulfilling hobby.

AviRoad Loc: Westchester County, NY

I went to Europe when I was in college and went bat-$*& crazy over the old-world architecture and decided that I have to do paintings of it. I didn't know how to paint so I couldn't do it over there so I needed a camera to bring it home with me. I bought a Mamiya-Sekor SR camera and went back and back and back bringing tons of photos from different angles from which to create subjects for paintings...upping my camera gain ever and over from Nikon and Olympus to various digital cameras...I could never have satisfied my desire to paint versions of places that I'd been to personally without my cameras! He's where they've now gotten me...

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DelRae Loc: Oregon

The Day I was very Blessed seeing My first Grandson Born 1995 and I started doing Scrapbooking I ended up with four Grandkids and they are the best Thank you for asking this Question stay safe DelRae

DelRae Loc: Oregon

Wow Jerry that is cool glad you still have your 1ST one I don't even know what my 1st one was DelRae

Beard43 Loc: End of the Oregon Trail

My first camera was a gift from my dad. It was a box camera that came loaded with film. When it was done, you stuck a section of the metal strip from a Folgers coffee can along with $1 and mailed it back. Soon a new one arrived loaded with film along with the photos. Great start of my photo experience.

Ron

petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

Beautiful work ! Story telling images, I can imagine myself being there !

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

It was 1981, and I was moving from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. I had just met my future wife, and was doubling my salary with the move. I bought a Pentax Auto 110, since I was into smaller things. This was where I got my start with the four thirds format as film, and I still shoot micro four thirds 41 years later with some of those original lenses.

AviRoad Loc: Westchester County, NY

THANKS...I really do appreciate those nice words.

AviRoad Loc: Westchester County, NY

THANKS....I really do appreciate those nice words