How old were you when you got into photography?

As a kid, I always wanted a camera. So I got one, but I can never seem to make it work. Only when I grew up did I realise it was a toy camera that looks exactly like the real. I still don't have a camera - unless you count that in-built to my phone.

I remember being about 4 when I saw my uncle come out of his darkroom, looking at his film very intently. Right then I knew I wanted to do that too. I got my first little crappy point and shoot camera when I was 9, and by the time I was 1 5, I was taking photography in school, and shooting my teachers and their kids portraits lol.

I startedwith a Kodak Brownie camera when I was about 7 or 8. LaterI saved my money and and bought a Hawkey Camera that tok slide film and had a built in Flash. When I was in High School I bought an Exa II SLR camera for a cost of $36.00. Over the years I have owned several different cameras and now I am all digital and have shared my love with my children and now my 5 years old granddaughter is taking pictures with me and has even sold one of her candid shots. I am hoping that she will find the same joy and excitement that I have found in Photography.

I was still young when I started taking pictures. I use to love to take pictures of my animails when I was a kid. I hope your son does well with taking pictures.

I was young when I became interested in photography. i love to take pictures and never leave home with out my digital camera. I have never owned any sophisticated cameras I just edit mine with photo editors programs. Good luck to your some may he prosper!

I was about that age when I started. We always had cameras around so I just started copying everyone and taking pictures. Now I am addicted to taking pics. I am not a pro nor do I have a nice high dollar camera but what I do have I can sure take some nice pics.

I have had a camera for as long as I can remember but of course this was in the days of film and processing and we couldn't afford to take too many photos but I took a lot of good photos even with my cheap little instamatic camera, but today digital, what a blessing that is, now I have a couple of bands I take photos for of their concerts and such, I usually take approx. 100 shots per gig, it so wonderful not to have to worry about the cost...

I started to get interested in photography when I was nine. I started off with a cheap camera and when my parents saw that I was taking my new hobby seriously, they bought me a better one. My mother was delighted because she loved photography and she showed me a lot of useful tricks. I still take photos on certain occasions, but not as many as when I was young.

I grew up with cameras going off all around me. ha ha My mother and my two aunts worked in photo processing and finishing. So, they could develop all the rolls of film that wanted for free. So...in turn...everyone in the family was camera trigger happy. ha ha Although, none were professionals. However, as I got older...say, 9th grade...I took photography as a course and fell in love with taking pictures and the dark room. I was always in the dark room even when we did not have an assignment due. I was always out taking pictures and experimenting. As I got older, and digital and computers merged with photography, I found a new love. Being able to take pictures and completely change them. Take a person out of one setting and put them into another. Then I became interesting in doing extreme art and making masks with makeup on my kids. Oh!! The fun my children have had with getting their faces made up to look like fairies and such. :) Professional classes...only that one in 9th grade. And that was a very very long time ago! I have learned through trial and error. I have read books and sat and stared at others' work. I love photography!!!!

I started out when I was only about 6 or 7 years of age with an old Kodak 126 lol Ive worked up the cameras as I have got older, now I am working with the SLR cameras, I prefer them to the point and shoot cameras, I think they really make you concentrate on what you are photographing. I have some of my work on my profile. Lynn-Marie

I never got into photography and thats why i am compleat trash at it. But the first time i picked up a camera i was about seven.

26. I'm just getting into photography right now. LOL. I've been researching techniques and ebooks on the net about this. I'm really interest in photography and I really think I have the talent to do it too. I'm downloading tutorials and everything but I doubt that I would get the hang of it soon because my Law school would be starting soon and I don't really think I could study two subjects at the same time.

My ex-husband was very attracted by photography and he introduce me in this.He make it all time photography for all relatives i have a full home of his photography... I think i was around 17 years... augusta

More or less since I first picked up a camera at 2 years old and took my first picture- which my mum still has. I've been fascinated by pictures and photography ever since.

I've always loved taking pictures. Now that I have a digital camera, I love it even more, because they don't cost me anything to develop, and I can do as I please with them, deleting the ones that don't turn out the way I want, and even editing the ones that I think I can save.

I also got into photography when I was really little. I got a little camera for my birthday one year, and I couldn't stop taking pictures. I always took pictures of really random stuff cause I was trying to be artistic or something. lol I never took any classes or pursued it as a career or anything after I got older, but I've still always had an interest in it and love it as a hobby.

I was only 6 or 7 when my uncle gave me my first camera. It was used, but I thought it was the greatest gift in the world even though I had to wait to get the pictures developed. I think it was called a box camera. It looked like a box, as it was square. I took pretty good care of it for years, and took many pictures of my family, pets, and our house. My uncle showed me how to use the camera, how to handle the film, and how to aim and take a picture. Those old pictures didn't come out as good as the ones we have today with the digital cameras, but they are still nice to have for the memories.

I just bought a camera recently. So right now, I'm snapping away but since my camera is quite cheap, the photos are quite blur and not sharp. Besides, my hands are quite shaky when taking pictures! Right now, mostly I take pictures of scenery. You can check out some of my pictures at http://ifs3.imagefly.info/v/37/jpg/SUNP0085.html

I was young when I first started begging to use my mom's camera, but it wasn't until I was in my teens that it really kicked in that I loved taking photos. By the time I bought my first digital, I was hooked and wishing that I'd started so much sooner. Most of my knowledge comes from trial and error, but I also do a lot of reading articles online to get other people's tips. Kudos for letting your son get involved so young!

That's great. I didn't start photography until my senior year of highschool. It was my third year of art classes and the teacher did a 6 week photography unit including darkroom work. That was it. I had found my medium. My art teacher let me continue working in the darkroom the rest of the year while the other class worked on painting. I was there for the hour of class, sometimes during one of my other elective classes, and in the evenings until 5. Also, turns out my mom had been into photography in highschool but quit, so I got a great start with her old Minolta x-700 gear. As young as your son is I would say let him learn by trial and error. Maybe some photography books he could look at and get ideas and learn composition from. I recommend classes when he's older, if he's interested in using more advanced equipment or digital editing programs.