2 and a half years ago...
When I bought my first camera in 2020, I never thought I'd end up where I am today. I remember the day I ordered my Canon Rebel T6. My income tax check just hit my bank account and I told everyone I was going to use it to buy a camera. I spent weeks before researching what camera to buy and what lenses to get. I asked other photographers I knew for their opinions and finally settled on the T6. I tend to over research big purchases because I'm afraid it won't be worth it and I want to make sure I'm getting the best bang for my buck. I get that from my dad. Once I hit 'complete order’ on that camera I was freaking out.
What am I going to do with this? I thought. Every hobby that I have taken up in my life I give up on or I get bored of it two weeks into doing it. It's been like this since I can remember. (I’m pretty sure it's ADHD) In high school, it was longboarding, the ukulele, the drums, and skateboarding. I even did cosmetology and once I got to college, I forgot about it. Once I graduated from college, I had a job at a retail store for 3 months until I got furloughed when covid hit. When they asked me to come back, I told them no. I hated the job anyway. So here I am, waiting on this camera to start yet another hobby that I was just going to quit 2 weeks later. No. Not this time.
When I got that camera in the mail, I was so excited. I deep dived on youtube to learn everything I could. Oh boy… I thought I knew some stuff, but I knew nothing.
I don't know what RAW is but that's how I like my sushi.
Oh, I'm not supposed to be saving as a JPEG? I thought that was the only way?
Something about a triangle that I still don't really know how to explain, but I do understand.
Ahhhh, that's what the fancy f means!
After learning the basics, I took my camera everywhere with me. I took pictures of my friends, family, even myself with my tripod. It was fun. I was loving it so much that two weeks passed and I didn't even want to give up. The only problem was, my pictures kinda sucked. I knew I would definitely need some practice before I could do anything professionally.
Even though it’s been more than two years since I first bought that camera, it took me until the beginning of 2022 to even think about starting a business. I had multiple jobs since then because that's what I thought I needed to do to succeed. I kept telling myself that I would start and keep my jobs to make money for my business. However, that was also my excuse for not starting for such a long time. I realized that I had saved up enough money and if I kept going with the jobs I was at, I would never have time to even think about starting a business. If I didn't start now, I would end up at another job I dislike because I won't be doing what I love.
