Only picked up photography in 2009 when I saw a lot of people starting to take some cool looking heavy cameras around.
I used the excuse of needing a good camera to take better pictures of my boys to get started, and of course most of my photos are not images of my boys nor my wife.
Often mistaken as professional photographer, but in fact I am just a serious hobbyist, treating photography as a way to re-look at the world around us, and as a tool to find beauty in everyone.