I took a wet photography class in college that first instilled an interest in photography, but the inaccessibility of a dark room and the price of a digital SLR stopped me from continuing the hobby after I graduated. About three years ago, in preparation for my first trip abroad, I purchased a used DSLR in order to document my travels. Photography has now become one of my (many) hobbies, and in addition to travel and street photography, I take a lot of macro pictures of insects and flowers.