Photography has been a life long passion and hobby that passed through several phases beginning with street photography when I was in my teens. I obviously started in the world of film and chemistry, and gradually came into the world of digital imaging. Automation and digital imaging opened a whole new creative dimension for me. I no longer had to pay close attention to technical issues like focusing and setting exposure and so I could now put my full attention on the subject and my perception of it and how I wanted it rendered. My current photographic interests center on...more