joshvine

<p>Great story Bob :). I think that has to be one of my favs.</p>

<p>This happened last year on a campping trip with the rest of the family. It was an almost misshap, that fortunatelly had a happy ending. It was several days into our week long vacation and we had canoed across the lake and hiked up a steep trail... (outfitted with stairs :P) to the top of a 300 ft. cliff overlooking the lake. Of course during the entire hike I was as usualy busy with my camera capturing plenty of flower macro shots on the way up and then many shots of the wonderful view from the top. I had also done a set of images to stich together for a great panorama. All was goign well. We hiked back down.. the stairs. Back to the canoe landing docks an began to load our things into our canoe. We were just about ready to depart again, when Dad saw a little stream coming down the side, and of course it was another photo opp. I grabed a few shots, but being a very hot day I decided to leave dad taking photos and dangle my feet in the refreshing water. Leaving my camera sitting near mum who was over sitting in the shade, I and my brother busied ourselves enjoying the cool water. Finally Dad was ready to leave and we all loaded into the canoe and began our slow ride back across the lake and to our campsite. We arived back and unpacked and carried everything back to our camp site. A little while later I decided to go off again this time on my bike. I rode around for a while getting familier with the trails and various areas of the park. After a while or riding I was nearing a parking lot near one of the park beachs. I noticed one family over near their truck sort of watching me, but took little notice. I began to head off but curriosity got the better of me and I circled around back into the parking lot again. This time they waved to me and signaled to me to come over. I heasitated, but then came closer. Once in easy hearing distance the father of the family asked me "Are you missing a camera?". I thought for a moment and then replyed no, I was not missing one. I didn't know why they thought it might have been mine. But always beign interested in cameras I asked if I could see it. He showed it to me and I quickly realized that it was definately my camera. It was the same kind/model, and a crack and large scratch near the back right wheel identical to mine. Also the photos on it were mine. I found out they had some how recognized me from a couple of photos of by brother that were on the camera. I have a different colour hair and different build than my brother, but I guess I was just really lucky the recognized me. I still had no idea where they would have found it though. I, (now having apparently changed my mind) said, oh yes... actually it is my camera. Obviously sounding very suspicious they weren't too eager to just hand me the camera. The asked me a couple of questions such as "where did you loose the camera" Which unfortunately I wasn't sure. So I answered incorrectly. Long story short I was able to tell them what kind of memory card was in it and how large it was, and they offered to bring it to my campsite so they could just varify with my parrents that it truely was mine. The photos of the people on the camera matched my family so they finally consented to give it to me.<br>

I was extremely lucky that they somehow recognized me from a photo of my brother, and that they were good honest people. It had been over two hours since I had left the camera on the other side of the lake. I'll be much more carefull in the future as I doubt I would be so lucky another time.<br>

Josh<br>

P.S. I appologize I got a little out of hand writing this and it turned out much longger than planned.</p>

Thank you Noel Gutiérrez for the advise. What photography book did the info come from, because I have a book and has some similar content. So I'm just curious to know what book you have. Thanks ------- Josh

Hey, thanks Rich for the encouragement, and advise. I like the idea of talking to an attorney, and I think I will try and see if I can do that. Thanks all for the responses ------- ~Josh~

Hmm, thanks for the info John

Yes, as for contacting me giving them an email and phone number was the best I could do. I have tried adding an email form but I had no luck. I think I probably will take some sort of course on business. Ad for assisting, I am in contact right now with a couple of pros and I'm hoping to accompany/assist them some this coming summer, and maybe on some weekends before that.

Thank you all for your responses. I will definitely be very careful as to stay away from anything that could lead

to legal issues, or things that could fall as a burden to my parents. In response to Starvy Goodfellows comment.

 

-------"as for your website, do try to make sure that it reflects your age range. try bright colours, bold statements

and facebook linked sites."-------

 

All I can say is that I am doing my best to give my website an over all simple design and professional style, and

I don't want my website to look like the cluttered mess of unrelated content that so many MySpace and Piczo

website look like. My website was originally designed in Piczo and then transferred to freewebs which included

much html editing and revamping, though nothing fancy, and now I am paying a small fee for a domain name and

masking.

 

Does anyone know how old you have to be to register a business? I have had the recommendation by a pro

photographer, (website <a href="http://www.proartphoto.com">www.ProArtPhoto.com</a> that I know to register a

business name, as it can help to save on expenses when I begin to purchase more equipment. He was unsure of what

age restrictions apply. Again thank you all for you posts and I hope to hear more from you.

 

Thanks,

Josh

I am a 15 year old, and have always held a keen interest in photography, mostly passed on to me from my father.

Recently I have begun to market my services through the use of my website and other online marketing. I have

already received several calls with requests for my service. I am posting here because I would like some advise

from other people. If you have any advice, tips, precautions, or constructive criticism, I would be glad to hear

it. Please view my website and online gallery to see what I am used to photographing. My Website is <a

href="http://www.josh-photography.com">www.Josh-Photography.com</a> Thank you all in advance for you responses.

 

Josh

I realize this is an old forum thread, but I thought I'd post anyway. I enjoyed reading the responses to your question Robby. I too am a 15 year old and am very much interested in photography. I have begun to market my hobby and begin to progress toward professionalism through the use of my website and other internet marketing. I wouldn't mind some feed back from others about my work, any helpful advise or anything. My website is <a href="http://www.josh-photography.com">Josh Vine Photography</a> Any responses would be great.