I've found a personal connection with the camera from the very first time I ever got to use one. More than any other creative medium, photography is something I am 100% cool with. Right now I'm going to Cal Poly Pomona, studying to be a graphic designer, (bit of a fall-back plan) but nothing compares to being behind the lens of a camera...it's exhilarating really.

I'm 23, happily single (no, really!), have a side project business:

www.fredortegaphotography.com

and would like to make some more real photographer friends, as well as improve my craft and come into my own as a photographer. Some of the stuff I see on here...just blows my mind.