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Sam Spilsbury

Sam Spilsbury

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Professional Commercial Photographer and Graphic Designer with a passion for both. Co-owner of SO Visual, a Photography and Graphic Design company based in Stafford, Staffordshire UK. We supply high quality images and Graphic Design services, or both! We print too! Get in touch for more details via our website. Logo's to Catalogues, and ANY Photography! We love a challenge!
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How I got into photography.

Published April 9th, 2012

I grew up with a passion for cars, in particular, cheap ones that I could afford at the time. Before I had even got a car I was buying Max Power magazine, Fast car magazine, revs...

... I then began going to the car shows, at first I took a disposable camera, as photography didn't bother me in the slightest. Getting those shots developed was painful, not one came out, I had no idea why, because I'd used the flash?? surely that was all I could do! So My 18th birthday came, and I had no idea what to ask for. I come from a photography fueled family, so my dads idea was to get me a digital camera. I knew nothing about them, so I just went for a good zoom, and a good MP count (5MP haha).

The camera in question was a Kodak Easyshare Z740 which I have looked after well, I still use it for snapshots.

That served me well for a couple of years, I did a few "photoshoots" for some car clubs, all fun and games really.

I never really had the drive to take it any further... 2 years on from getting ...

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