My love for photography began in early high school, when my father had the first SLR camera that I ever laid eyes on. Looking at the world through the lens transformed everything for me, and I bought a Yashica TL Electro, when I was 16. I used it for yearbook images in high school as the editor shooting portraits, sports, pretty girls-anything! In college I learned to use the darkroom and was hooked for ever, buying an Olympus OM SLR then investing in Nikon cameras which I still use today. I loved the art of the darkroom and worked endless hours at honing and perfecting my...more