Hello, everybody. I'm a freelance nature and landscape photographer located in Lincolnton, NC which is about 35 miles northwest of Charlotte. I've been an avid photographer for the last 30 some years. I got into photography sort of by accident. I had subscribed to Time magazine and as a gift, Time sent me a fixed lens 35mm camera. I took it with me on our beach vacation that summer and was somewhat surprised at what I had caught on film that summer. After that, I was hooked. So I purchased a Pentax K-1000 and began my...more