Wilson Bentley became known as the first person to have photographically recorded snowflakes. His obsession began when he received a microscope at the age of 15 and started to study the different shapes of snowflakes. Having failed to draw the snowflake during observation, he eventually build an apparatus that could hold a bellows camera. For about a hundred years no one attempted to photograph snowflakes because of the quality Bentley had managed to produce with his home-brew device. This shows very clearly that a photographer does not need the utmost expensive and best equipment to create images of excellent quality.
Ironically Wilson Bentley was killed during a blizzard in 1931.
Source: The guardian; snowflakebentley.com
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