I think what originally attracted me to photography was the darkroom... seeing black and white images appear in a tray of developer under an orange light!  That got me hooked.  That was a very long time ago, but since then I have always enjoyed photography.   Now I’m retired and have more time to spend wandering with a camera.  I split my time between Saskatchewan, Canada in the summers and California in the winter (at least in non COVID times!).  Two very different worlds to photograph!