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Member of the Month: Calgal
I've always enjoyed taking pictures. You know those people you see at Disneyland taking pictures of EVERYTHING, even the bushes sculpted into the shape of Mickey Mouse? Yep, that was me. I thought I was pretty fancy when I got my Digital Rebel, which was my first SLR and of course, I had no idea what I was doing. I'm the type that will teach myself everything I can, so I immersed myself in books and website tutorials, and then I decided to take a photography class at the local college. Our first assignment was to shoot a portrait, which I had never done (unless you count someone standing in front of the Mickey Mouse topiaries). So I took one of the girls I worked with to a park and shot her, and had a funny feeling that I was onto something. When I turned in my pictures for critique, the instructor (who was a local wedding and portrait photographer) took one look at them and teasingly said one word: "show-off". That was October 2005, and since then, it's been an awesome blur!
After stumbling across it online, I joined NoBs shortly after that class – and I fully blame my NoBs family for putting me on the fast track. In January 2006, I officially started Chanterelle Photography as a part time portrait photography business. I was working long hours 5-6 days a week at my salon day job, squeezing in shoots on my off days and staying up until all hours of the night editing. By March of 2007, I had moved my dining room home studio into a small office building nearby, cut my day job back to 3 days a week, and was offering wedding photography services. By July of 2008, I had an image published in Rangefinder magazine, was assisting in the development of design house by Andy Armstrong, and was slowly getting ready to retire from the salon industry. Sometimes I have to pinch myself when I sit down and think about it all. I have no doubt that the road getting to this point would have been a lot longer without NoBs – I know I can count on getting a pat on the back when I've done a good job, but I also know that someone will find a gentle way to say "you suck" when I deserve it!
