My first real interest in photography came in the early 90s, when I was in Junior High School. My parents got a little point and shoot with a ZOOM! That was it...I was hooked and trying my hand at close up flowers (without a whole lot of success, as the tiny zoom on that camera was not very impressive). My interest continued into High School, where I took my first photography class, and got my first telephoto lens. Since then, photography has been a huge passion of mine. In 2006, I took my photos to a local flea market where I sold my first few...more