{"id":2377,"date":"2010-01-26T09:53:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T13:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2010-01-26T09:53:32","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T13:53:32","slug":"when-did-you-first-know-you-wanted-to-be-a-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/2377\/when-did-you-first-know-you-wanted-to-be-a-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"When Did You First Know You Wanted to Be a Photographer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2378\" title=\"versacewaterall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/versacewaterall.jpg\" alt=\"versacewaterall\" width=\"425\" height=\"633\" \/><br \/>\nWhen did you first know you wanted to be a photographer?<br \/>\nA lot of times the answer goes way back and that inspiring moment follows us for a lifetime.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s what Vincent Versace shared in a recent interview with Scott Wyden.<br \/>\n&#8220;When I knew I wanted to be a photographer, I mean new it in my core, was when I was 15 years old and out to the smoky mountains with my other uncle CJ Elfont. I shot my first \u201csmokey water\u201d waterfall. I watched how the world stopped for him when he shot and the look on his face after he made an exposure with his view camera. I had the \u201cbuzz\u201d when I captured my water shot. That was when I knew.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scottwyden.com\/a-photographers-interview-with-vincent-versace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more with Vincent Versace here.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/versacephotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find more about Vincent Versace here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When did you first know you wanted to be a photographer? A lot of times the answer goes way back and that inspiring moment follows us for a lifetime. 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