DannyBostwick Offline Upload & Sell: On
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Started shooting when I was 15. I was dating this girl who lived wwwwayyyy out in the country. I'm talking 20 minutes to the nearest gas station. Out there. Anywho, it was beautiful where she lived, right on the water on the chesapeake bay. I'd always go over there after school and see really cool things, interesting waterfowl, epic sunsets, cool windmills etc etc. So I stopped to get gas one day and saw a disposable camera, bought it, stopped about 10 different spots along the way shot a roll of film, got it developed at wal mart and was really exited to show my dad my pictures. He always like to take photos of me surfing or playing basketball or baseball and had a Canon Rebel 35mm. So, he taught me the basics on how to use it, start shooting stuff, mainly surf. Fast forward though the first digital rebel canon made, a 20D, and FINALLY a 5D! I got to travel all over the world shooting surfing, Portugal, Nicaragua 2x, Puerto Rico 3x, California, up and down the east coast, all over.
While I was shooting surf mainly, a friend asked me to shoot his wedding, had no interest. I'd never even been to a wedding before. The photos totally sucked and took me 6 months to edit, I did have one shot I realllllllly loved. It was of the bride and groom dancing with their kid, totally a shitty photo now that i look back at it, but it lit the fire.
Started pursuing it, got some more weddings and it just took off. No idea why people liked my work, looking back at it sucked. Some of the "first weddings" I have seen posted here make me realize how bad I truly was. I knew nothing. NOTHING. But I kept digging' kept working, kept practicing, and fast forward to today, 160 weddings so far, no signs of it slowing up. Hoping I can keep this rolling for quite a few years.
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