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Originally Posted by Crater101
So what got you started? A book? A movie? Star Trek / Star Wars / Blakes 7? Or like me did you see something in the night sky that just hooked you?
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Good question Warren!
What started it all was being drafted as the family photographer at parties when I was around 7 years old, using one of these guys..... a beautiful Canon QL25 rangefinder of yesteryear
I soon developed a love for photography and had to learn everything I could and lusted over all the top gear of the day: Canon F1, Canon FTB, Canon TLB, Nikon F2 etc, etc....
What really then hooked me, with that camera, was a long exposure (B) photograph of a lit cigarette sitting atop a brick wall. I was amazed that I'd turned night into day and it went from there. I then recall in my teens being on a cadet camp, marching in the darkest of night and being thoroughly amazed at the sea of stars one could see - truly amazing and the visual memory of it stays with me to this day.
Anyway a few years on now and the ability to afford the right stuff and being something of a collector made sure I was geared up. Also just like my Dad did with me, when he charged me with his Canon QL25, I've also had the immense pleasure of I believe, passing on the passion, when I took my first tracked astro image together with my son, Andrew quite a few years ago now .
That's my story and the beat goes on.
Best
JA