A former software engineer with a lifelong love of photography, natural history, geology, and astronomy, I started with Kodak Instamatics, switched to Olympus and then Nikon 35mm SLRs when I could afford them, gradually progressed through a host of (mostly Canon) digital point-and-shoots, dabbled with micro four-thirds for about a decade, before finally ending up with an iPhone.** Photography has evolved in wonderful ways that I never could have imagined.

**OK, my love of iPhone photography hit a bit of a snag in the Galápagos Islands recently, so I’m partially moving back to micro four thirds.