My mother is an artist and photographer. My aunt is a photographer. Two of my sisters are artists and one is a photographer. I grew up with art and photography. I started winning contests when I was in Junior High school and then kept winning until about fifteen years ago when I quite entering contests and concentrated on my full-time photography business. Photography and art bring me a lot of happiness, both in the making of them and in the enjoyment of viewing and appreciating other people's creations. I hope to always be growing in this...more