Wow! I am truly envious of all you folks having enjoyed this amazing hobby from such young ages. My story is way different! In 2016 I answered an ad posted by a local photographer (near our cottage in Canada.) He was looking for permission to access properties where he could shoot sunrises. He came to our place most mornings that summer and the next and I watched from the window many times. I was amazed at the beauty he was able to capture. In the fall of 2017 our then 14 year old granddaughter announced that she was planning to take a photography class in the spring semester. I called the photography teacher at her high school and he told me that he would recommend a Canon T5 for the class so that’s what we gave her for Christmas. The more I thought about it the more I decided I should try so that she and I would have something we could do together. I asked my own personal Santa for a used T4i. (I was 67 years old!) It took till March 2018 before I worked up the nerve to even take a shot. Reading the manual was all Greek to me. When it finally “clicked” I was hooked! This has been an amazing hobby and I have met such wonderful people. I look forward to many more years!