Not the most interesting of person so I don't really know what you want to know about me. Didn't exactly start of photography as how you want to hear. Literally just got into it as I was in a club. See... not that interesting is it? But if I were to actually think of my first time with a camera it would be when I threw and abused that old Sony point and shoot that I only now have the pouch of and not the thing itself. No idea where it went to.
Started off by taking photos and shooting videos for the school during their events and somehow got a leadership position out of it. Speech was great I guess. Honestly had no idea what I was supposed to take photos of during those events, so understandably none of my photos are used in the final montages. But I wasn't sad about it (ok I was slightly upset) as I knew the fun I had running around the school for hours capturing moments of magic in the school's Canon 700D.
I was interested in this small little thing (not actually small and light) since 13 then. However I only started taking it more seriously when I was 16. Without much money, I spent all my savings I had on the only camera I knew how to use well (and the only one I could afford), the 700D. Big. Heavy. Old. But very much usable. I very much believe that equipment affects photo quality, but I don't NEED it to capture a beautiful moment.
I believe that a picture should be about something not of something, thanks to James Popsys, do check him out. Photos are not a moment stuck on that 1/250th of a second, but something that triggers the senses. Take a picture of an NBA game. You can smell the sweat and ketchup and fries. You can hear the ball bouncing on the court. You can touch the cold condensation on your cup. You can taste the coke. You can see the game. A photo should use these senses and make the viewer feel that they are there in the game, drinking on his coke while some dude gets ankle broken or smth i dun talk basketball.