Hello everyone!

I am new to this forum and I can't wait to get more involved with it. These forums are extremely important to everyone who uses photography as a release of energy and a wonderful way to get involved as a community of photographers.

I have shot as an "amatuer" since I was in sixth grade, so I believe I was about 11 or 12 years old. I am now 29 and after eleven years of bad career decisions I have decided to follow my dream of becoming a Photography instructor at a University of some sort. Before I decided I wanted to do this, I had an idea that the commitment was to long, but after seven years of playing the move up game from my former career editing commercials for televisions, I realized that I could have finished my masters by now. So, better late than never.

I have only recently decided to start a blog that documents issues and my own personal feelings about photography as a whole. I also add about 5 to 10 images per blog, of work that I have been compiling and working on to someday frame, print, and show. Please take a look at your lesure.

www.shawnkringstadphotos.blogspot.com

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I am documenting my progress through school on a weekly bases. Whether you are in agreement in what I may say or not, I am leaving the comment section open for ideas, thoughts, and comments.

I am happy to see so many people participate in this forum, feed back is always a key to our direction in life. I hope to use these forums as a way to understand different ideas and even to communicate my thoughts to everyone that posts.

Thanks to everyone that supports this forum!

Shawn A. Kringstad