The first click was an old kodak box camera which I tried to connect to a toy microscope. It failed completely because I didn't know how to operate the tools/toys. The failure was the trigger to do better and a Beirette was the second click. The little camera exposed lots of Agfa CT-18 slide films. Around age 14, I got a russian Zenith SLR and got really hooked. A darkroom followed and the addiction was complete. When I got more money a Miranda SLR was next which was quickly dumped for a Pentax MX. The darkroom didn't survive the move to a new house and photography slowly degraded to family snapshots processed by the local drugstore. Digital was the latest and loudest click for me.
Toine On 25 January 2010 10:44, Derby Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Friend-shooter of mind asked me today, when did it click for you? When did > you know photography was the game to be in? Oddly, unlike a lot of my past > history, I could pinpoint exactly the moment > > I was sent out by my then-employer to do some work in Simi Valley, CA. > Bored, I picked up a Ricoh KR-10M with a modest Rikonen zoom (both long > since stolen). Landing on the weekend, I went for a drive down PCH to adjust > my body clock, with a plan to visit the Getty museum. After being rejected > because I hadn't booked, and after finding a not quite legal park on the > beach, I saw a pretty lady with a pet pig. Not understanding the honourable > history of street photography, I begged her to let me take a photo, which > she did, to my gratitude. It could have gone the other way, but that shot > made me think, there was something to this hobby. Fine-boned ladies will let > you take their picture with their pig, what's not to enjoy? > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_01/10_01_click/index.htm > > So.....when did it first click for you? > > D > > > -- > > [email protected] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
