Finish to Start by Kate Luber

My photo journey began when…wait for it…my daughter was born! Surprise!

I guess the seeds were planted long before that. My uncle is a photographer in San Francisco. We don’t see him often, but once a year, he visits and brings his fancy camera. He not-so-secretly follows everyone around during holiday gatherings and takes candid shots of the family. We don’t see the photos for a year. When he comes again, he brings the photos from last year. It’s always fun to look back at the previous year…and also hope you’re not wearing the same outfit…

When my daughter was born, I was taking photos of her with my cell phone. I’d look at the photos, and it made me sad that I had these wonderful photos of my childhood, which are mostly black and white film images, even if it was just once a year, and that I wouldn’t be able to give the same to my daughter. Sure, my uncle still comes around, but as our families grow, it might not always be possible to have time with him each year. That’s when I bought my first DSLR. And I was hooked.