I was born and raised in Michigan for the most part. There was a year and a half that I resided in Florida. Photography has been a passion of mine since about the time I was about 16 years old. I would use borrowed cameras from mom and dad and when I was finally on my own and in the military, I was able to purchase a Minolta X700 and a couple of lenses and that got me started on the road to capturing life as I see it. I took a few classes here and there and mostly learned on my own simply by taking as many photos as I could. There were time when life has its...more