It started with two things - a camera phone and a habit of camwhoring. it then perpetuated into a narcissistic obsession of wanting to take nice pictures of oneself.
funnily enough, this hunger to take pretty pictures, and not just pictures of myself, continued to linger into my late teens. and just like that, i became addicted to the camera. at present, i don't take as many pictures of myself as i would like to. rather, i find more satisfaction being behind the camera.