From the time I received a Kodak Brownie camera on my 9th birthday, I have loved photography. I have enjoyed learning how to create wonderful photographs by striving to improve not only my photographic skills, but my post-processing skills as well. While I endeavor to get the shot right in the camera, I do enjoy the artistic and creative aspects of working with image editing programs, although I try to keep post-processing to a minimum, believing that 'more is less', in order to keep the scene as natural as possible. Capturing the beauty of landscapes was my first...more