hello my name is Michelle and I have been taking pictures for just only a few months with my SLR but I have been giving it my best with a point and shoot for a long time.
this is what i took with a point and shoot camera (
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people see some of my pictures and are like "wow i want a SLR cam now" and I break their hearts by telling them that a lot of my pictures were done with my point and shoot and not with my SLR. I always say its the user and not the equipment that makes the art of photography (or really any art) really come alive.
This picture isnt great but i wasn't sure what kind of insect it was (sorta looks like a bee) and I didn't want to get too close, but my point and shoot only has 3x zoom lol.
I love taking pictures of people and insects. I like taking pictures of models as well as people in their natural form, but bugs really hit the spot for me that's my obsession! I see a bug and I HAVE to take a picture of it. to me a insect is so beautiful, but as you can imagine a lot of people don't like insects.
I have a passion for ALL forms of art and I do all sorts of art, but photography is more in the green part of that list. I am a hobbyist of photography and I dont strive to make a business or money in it. some people ask me why not, but when i was being harassed by people to take pictures of them I was having such a hard time with the stress. some might say thats good to have people wanting pictures from me, but its just too much for me and i am just a newb and i dont have the equipment yet. i was being called and emailed and harrassed on facebook i was stressed. I will leave that work for other photographers lol because all that stress really killed photography for me, it killed the passion, but i am getting it back.
anyways enough about me and my huge intro lol
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