I've been fascinated with composing and taking pictures since I was 12 years old. I started out taking pics of birds at my moms feeders, and would make Mr Bill out of playdoh and takes pics of him being crushed in a vice. Had loads of cameras when I was young that required film, most notably a Minolta X-700 (which I still own till this day). I recently found a chest full of photos I took when I was younger in storage so I may actually try to scan some of those and post them. I suffered early in the digital age of cameras by not being able to afford a proper DSLR and just used a few point and shoots, but I made the most of what I had. Recently, I finally was able to afford a DSLR and buy a Nikon D-3400 which spurned my interest in photography even more. Now that I have a few lenses, filters, tripod, remote etc my interest has shifted to composing things besides close ups of my toy collection.