If I have a camera in my hands, I’m happy. While I am not the traveling type of photographer, I do enjoy the outdoors and have thousands of pictures of animals, insects, flowers, sunrises/sunsets and of course people.
I bought my first digital camera in 2003 after I returned to Texas from my deployment to Iraq. It was pretty advanced back then with it’s five megapixels. From there I was hooked. I started spending the days I had left in the military driving around Ft. Hood taking pictures of rattlesnakes, spiders and pretty much anything else I could find. I started taking pictures of humans not long after. Over the years my gear has changed, my life has changed, and my drive to be a photographer has changed. Since you only live once, now being in my forties, it’s time to do what I love.