My photographic journey began in July in 2007 where I assumed I would purchase the expensive camera, and all my photos would be breathtaking, and I’d make a kajillion dollars. People would throw their wallets at me….I’d be famous and stuff….

I learned very quickly the error in my thinking.

It meant late late nights studying all I could. Reading a manual I still swear is written in Latin. Becoming a stalker (of sorts) of photographers I love and admire. And practice practice PRACTICE! Because I am later in life discovering this God-given talent, I am now a wife of 17+ years, mother of 3 (14, 11, and 3), and a full-time job-holder who could not go to school to learn photography. I called several photographers in my area and begged to be their slave, and got the same answers, “Go to school like everyone else.” Yes, definitely rude. Very rude. Shame, shame on them.

So, I am mainly self-taught with a photography group online that has been amazing to me! They’ve helped my journey tremendously, and pushed me, kicking and screaming, into things I’d never try on my own, like only shooting in manual. They’re still working on RAW though….

I'm not the best. I'm not the worst. I am learning, and I think it's pretty acceptable to camp out there for awhile....maybe the rest of my life. For when I have reached perfection, what more is there to do?