How did you get into photography?

How did you get into photography?

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I used to work in TV, when I decided to finish doing that I took 6 months off and took a camera with me traveling and realized I enjoyed it so much and I was reasonably good at it that I got an exhibition together when I came back and that prompted me to think that I could earn a living from doing this.