Dr. Mark Antman on Finding a Creative Outlet through Photography
If someone had told him years ago that he would find photography just as important as working in the medical profession, Dr. Mark Antman would have laughed his socks off. In those years, working as a doctor was everything to him. His entire attention had been on his career and doing the best he could to alleviate the pain that his patients were experiencing. Yet after years of stressful work, the doctor himself realized that he too needed a way to alleviate his condition. If he did not find a way to relax himself, then he will surely suffer from work burnout. He worked on finding a hobby that would suit his temperament and needs. Eventually, he came across photography and it was love at first sight since then.
For Dr. Mark Antman, photography was the perfect hobby because it required the same skills that he used in his first profession. As a doctor, he is trained to be observant and notice the little things that some people may overlook. Such keen observation skills proved to be handy once he tried out photography. Those skills allowed him to find the most fascinating projects to photograph as well as find out what little things he could to do dramatically improve the quality and angle of his photographs.
Although Dr. Mark Antman could easily afford the most expensive equipment, the doctor decided to start with something simple and basic. This way, he would learn how to be more resourceful in the strategies and techniques he employed to improve the results of his shots. He learned how to make use of natural adjustments and simple tools that could help make a photo more vivid or display a certain type of mood. Once he had gained enough skills using a simple camera, that was the time when he chose to upgrade to a SLR, which is the preferred choice of camera of professional photographers today.
Once he made a decision to take up his hobby seriously, Dr. Antman made sure that he would have the very best technology has to offer. As a doctor, Antman had learned to appreciate how the finest equipment technology could give him was able to significantly improve the success rate of his operations. He believed that technology would work the same way for photography. As such, he had not hesitated shopping for the best kinds of lenses, making sure that he had every type of lens necessary for every type of setting. He also invested in tripods and other tools that would allow his photos to achieve greater balance and enable him to multitask as well. Last but not the least, he invested in safety gear to prevent his equipment from being damaged.
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