I was infected with the shutter bug in late Feb 2008 by a sunset that I shot in Laguna Beach CA and had the the thought that maybe photography wasn't as hard as I thought.
I think I 'got it' as far as a good enough understanding of photography technically and what needs to be done in the field and on the computer to not be depending completely on luck, after about a year... That statement qualified of course with the fact that there is tons of stuff to learn all the time and things I see others do every day that I have no idea how they do it (especially in the post processing realm)... I don't know if I'll ever get it in terms of being able to execute with every or most every click like pros do or be able to do much of the processing magic I see out there. I am still frustrated by the high percentage of shots I miss, and as far as creativity goes, I have had a couple moments of it, and that was wonderful and I hope to get some more of it soon...
