Inspiration

My children are probably the biggest reason I started getting more serious about my photography, or as my wife might say  "my photo obsession." I have loved photography since the first time I was in a dark room back in high school. I loved the process of developing black and white film, making and seeing the results of pin hole cameras, and just walking around and taking pictures.  Class schedules change, dark room time gets more restrictive and eventually I had to return a school owned camera. ( Pentax k1000 with a 35mm if I remember correctly) Years passed before I finally picked up a camera of my own ( another old pentax) and by that time I had to start re teaching myself the basics.

Then my first child came. At first I was just snapping away with a cheap digital point and shoot. Before to long I bought a Nikon n80 not fully convinced that a digital slr was the way to go. But the cost of film and developing was taking it's toll and in a few years my second daughter was born and the n80 got shelved for a d80. The progression I started seeing in shooting digital was amazing. I can shoot anything try anything and it doesn't cost me a penny. It doesn't cost me a penny until I find a blog called Strobist and a man named David Hobby completely teaches me to light off camera with small strobes. Now my obsession is born and keeps evolving.  But the most rewarding thing about becoming a better photographer is capturing great images of  important moments in life. And nothing is more important then these moments with my wife and our fast growing little girls.