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Photo/Member of the Month
You may be scratching your head wondering if you read that title correctly (or maybe you didn't notice?!?). But, here at the Dog Bowl, we like to shake things up a bit. We thought we'd try combining the photo of the month with member of the month. This month, our first combination winner is NoBS member, combine pilot, otherwise known by his birth name of Warne.
Here's what Warne had to say about his winning image:
"The very first thing I'd like to do is thank everyone here. This is an incredible place with lots of honest and inspirational people. I've learned so much. A lot of what I do reflects on this forum.
This was a session a couple of weeks after we shot the wedding. We met at a local lake. There was a storm coming across the water the whole time so we had to be fast. ( under 30 mins ) It was approximately 7pm so it was a nice, warm, long light scenario. The couple made it easy. They were both very photogenic and very into each other. This shot was one of the last before the rain hit. "
Warne makes it sound easy but his path to photography was anything but easy.
"My initial passion for photography started when I was 15 years old. My parents gave me a Pentax ME Super for my ninth grade graduation. I spent hours and hours of time in my aunt's darkroom. From then on for about five years I shot quite a bit. Then my camera was stolen. After that, I never touched a camera again until four years ago.
Five years ago I lost my eyesight. I was a journeyman machinist and almost overnight the chemicals in the shop (cutting fluid and coolant) started to bother my eyes. Within one week my corneas had died and It was like looking through a foggy window. I lost my drivers license and everything.
To make a long story short, my vision eventually came back after I removed myself from that environment. While spending about a year off fighting with workers' compensation, I purchased a Canon A85 4mp point and shoot. I'll never forget my wife's anger that I'd spent $350 when I had no income.
We started taking pictures of our daughters. Some of our neighbors and friends saw some of the pictures and wanted us to photograph their kids. Within a few months We had bought a 20D and some lights.
Our first big deal was with a local dance studio. Between 200-250 kids. After that, the work just started pouring in. We couldn't keep up at all. My wife quit her job as the manager of a superstore. We hired a friend to work on some retouching from home. For the first year we shot out of our living room. A lot of natural light on our hardwood. Finally we built a studio.
Now we have 4 employees. We shoot nonstop. We have also been fortunate enough to hook into the destination wedding market and regularly are taken along to some pretty cool destinations.
My wife Nicole shoots as well and has an incredible eye. She does most of our design work and pretty much all of the organization of our business as I get fired from time to time for trying.
We have been so thankful for how the last few years have gone. Its been fun and we're definitely trying to keep it that way."
