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MEET AARON. HE'S NOT JUST
YOUR AVERAGE KID WITH A

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CAMERA. WATCHING HIM TAKE
PICTURES I WAS SHOCKED BY

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HOW WELL HE KNEW HIS WAY
AROUND A CANON MARK IV.

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AARON: WELL FIRST OF ALL I
DID START LEARNING HOW A

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DIGITAL CAMERA WORKS. HOW
TO FOCUS WITH IT. HOW TO

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SET THE FOCAL POINT. HOW
TO USE THE ISO. I LEARNED

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ALL OF THAT. CLEARLY THIS
WASN'T HIS FIRST TIME

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USING A CAMERA BUT WHERE
HE LEARNED ALL THIS? WELL,

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YOU MIGHT JUST SAY IT RUNS
IN HIS BLOOD. AARON: I

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COME FROM A FAMILY FULL OF
PHOTOGRAPHERS. BOTH OF MY

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SISTERS, MY BROTHER, AND
MY MOTHER ALL HAVE CAMERAS

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LINDA: AARON HAS BEEN
INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY

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SINCE HE WAS REAL YOUNG.
SO WHEN HE WAS ABOUT

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ALMOST THREE I WOULD SAY
IS WHEN HE STARTED TO

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ALWAYS TAKE THE CAMERA
EVERY TIME I'D TAKE A

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PICTURE HE'D WANT TO SEE
IT AND HE'D WANT TO PLAY

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WITH IT. TEN YEARS LATER,
AARON'S CURIOSITY FOR

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PHOTOGRAPHY BRINGS HIM
HERE, TO THE 2015 IMAGE

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MAKERS REGIONAL EUROPEAN
COMPETITION, WHERE HE'S

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COMPETING FOR THE CHANCE
TO WIN A FREE TRIP TO LA.

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AARON: KIND OF NERVOUS,
IT'S JUST THE WINNER COULD

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BE MORE SOME ONE ELSE.
FINALLY THE MOMENT CAME

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WHERE THEY ANNOUNCED THE
WINNER FOR HIS CATEGORY.

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NAT SOUND: AGES THIRTEEN
THROUGH FIFTEEN FOR

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CULTURE AND TRADITION..
NAT SOUND: YES! AARON: I

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GOT REALLY EXCITED, I PUT
MY HANDS UP IN THE AIR, I

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TURNED AROUND IMMEDIATELY
AND HUGGED MY MOTHER.

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LINDA: WE WERE VERY
EXCITED. I HAVE TO SAY

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THAT IT WAS A VERY TOUGH
CATEGORY AND WHEN I SAW

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THE OTHER PICTURES THAT HE
WAS UP AGAINST, I THOUGHT

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IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH
RUNNING SO IT'S EVEN

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SWEETER TO WIN KNOWING
THAT THE COMPETITION WAS

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GOOD. AARON IS NOW ONE
COMPETITION AWAY FROM

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WINNING A TRIP TO THE
STATES AIR FORCE STAFF

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SERGEANT NANCY KASBERG,
VOGELWEH AIR BASE,

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GERMANY.