My interest in photography began when my father gave me my first Canon SLR for Christmas when I was in 7th grade. Throughout High school I developed my skills and passion shooting local events for a chain of suburban newspapers, covering current news, sporting events and social occasions. In addition I pursued general interest photography on my own. In college my roommate and best friend share this interest and we worked photography into many of our school projects culminating in two photo studies of Chicago. One featured Victorian architecture of the near west side, the...more