Well, I guess that this is the beginning of this blog. This blog was actually inspired by a friend of mine who has a photo blog, so I figured I would start one too.
I got started in photography about 4 years ago. Bored at work one day while surfing the internet, I stumbled across a website that had pictures of Dixie Square Mall. Dixie Square Mall is an abandoned shopping mall that closed in 1979, then was rented out for 8 weeks by John Landis for the iconc mall chase scene in the 1980 cult classic "The Blues Brothers." It has been abandoned ever since. After viewing the pictures some 4 years ago, I nearly became obsessed with the place. About 3 months later, I made my first trip out to the mall with some friends. Ever since then, I had a new found fascination with abandoned buildings. I would go to abandoned buildings and take pictures then put them into an album. A friend finally turned me onto Flickr, which is where I post my stuff today.
Fast forward to today - I am now a pretty serious photographer. I was just in my first art show this weekend, and took first place as an emerging artist. I am creating this blog because I enjoy talking about my photography, and I always love it when people ask me "how did you do that" or "where did you take this shot?" That's what this blog is all about.
The photo at the very top of this blog is me at the above mentioned art show. The two gentlemen next to me were my very first customers. Never before that day had I sold a photo to someone for their own personal use. Who knows... their purchase of my photos may have launched my photography habit into a whole new direction.
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