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PikkerTaker wrote:
I've been in a wheelchair all my life (birth defect--legs). Severe scoliosis (I give the phrase curved spine a whole new meaning!) that even surgery won't fix--refuse to take painkillers so I'm almost always dealing with terrible back pain. Severe osteoporosis in the hips region (worse than what my 90-year-old grandma had), so I can very easily fracture my hips... My hands and eyes work, so I do what I can. Oh and the brain also does its job... well most of the time anyway
I think perseverance is the keyword here. It's so easy to quit in face of challenges. I see other photographers' works, and each and every time I want to quit even trying, which is natural. But I can quit today and I've achieved nothing... or I can continue trying to get better at what I do, and even if I later fail, at least I can say I tried. Oh I'm 36. I just had my first official "photo shoot" a few weeks ago. Posted some of my work here and received some great, positive feedback on a couple of my shots which is way more than I had anticipated.
Keep on shootin', folks...
PS. If you haven't watched the movie Theory of Everything, watch it. ...Show more →
Thanks for sharing your story. I guess I started this thread just to explain how these problems effect my photography and to see how it effected others.
We each have to make the best with what we have, and live with the consequences. But in an on line forum where we are probably not aware of other people limits, it requires something like this to make them aware.
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