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I took this at the Microsoft offices in downtown San Francisco. Fortunately I got the shot I wanted before the security guard came out and told me to go forth and multiply.
Yes, Microsoft has its own museum on their Redmond, WA campus, located beneath the company store. It has some cool interactive demos and an XBox 360 area.
{Giveaway 8 of 10} READ TO END TO WIN A NEW COMPUTER, valued at $3,500.
I started photography because a friend dared me to. She called me up and asked me if I would start taking self-portraits with her. She showed me Flickr – I got hooked. We started our self-portraits that day, and two weeks later, I never wanted to stop. She didn’t keep going, and that in itself was a sign to me that I had found a passion. I couldn’t give it up.
Fast forward a few months and I was not only obsessed, but I decided - with this unfounded confidence that I tend to harbor - that I would be a professional fine art photographer. I had very, very few skills. I didn’t properly know what I was doing. But I had vision, and I believed in that vision more than anything. I was going to do it.
A year after that I had my first solo exhibition. After that I had 12 more. And then I got my first representation from a gallery. My career began one year after I started photography. Talent, vision, imagination…these things did not separate me. Sticking with it – that’s what separated me. From that first choice to keep going when my friend didn’t, to not giving up when I ran out of money and resources and didn’t think I could keep it up…my only real talent is stubborn resilience. And here we are, 10 years later, and I’m so proud.
The giveaway today is massive, and I want to thank Microsoft for supporting my career and celebrating my 10-year photo anniversary by giving away a Microsoft Surface Studio computer worth $3,500. This is the desktop computer I use and love (I get asked a lot about it) and I’m so pleased to give it away to a random winner! To enter, leave a comment below sharing about when you pushed through a difficult time.
Help! Flickr! Panic!? What to do next?
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(picture in background taken from www.whatatop.com)