About
Hi and welcome to PhotosByCalvin.com! I am an enthusiastic freelance photographer based in San Diego & Glendora, CA.
I started shooting in April of 2007 when I first got my Canon 350d. I have my love for cars and the many great photographers on G35Driver.com to thank for sparking my interest in photography.
Like many others, I began shooting with a simple point & shoot – a Sony DSC-W50. For what it was, the results I got out of the Sony were great – or so I thought. But my images just couldn’t compete with the big boys that were using better equipment, so I decided to step my game up and purchased a DSLR. As I became more and more comfortable with my first DSLR, a 350d, I decided to move up to a 40d.
By the end of Summer 2007 I finally only began to get a grasp for photography. No longer is it as simple as: aim/point; shoot; on to next target. Aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, etc. brought a whole new challenge to photography for me.
I eventually got tired of shooting the same subject over and over – my car. Enter PhotosByCalvin, my side business (if you can even call it that). Finally being comfortable and confident enough with my equipment, I decided that I would offer my services as a freelance photographer, for a small fee, to my fellow members of G35Driver and My350z. This gives me a chance to put my skills to the test and improve them as I go with different subjects. So far this has proven to be a very rewarding experience.
I have since grown to appreciate every genre of photography and would love to expand my knowledge and the several types. Each genre, while maintaining the same basic principles, brings new challenges. I especially enjoy automotive, portrait, landscape, and product photography.
And that leaves me where I am today. . .still an aspiring photog trying to define myself.
