I live in the Bay Area in Northern California, USA.

I am not a professional protographer but I do love and enjoy taking photographs that are appealing to my eyes and share them with friends and family. I enjoy looking at other members' photographs here on Flickr and learn so much from them!

A couple of years ago, I joined flickr but I didn't start posting until about a year later. Main reason was, I didn't think that my photos were fit to public viewing. After a few months of commenting on others' photos, I finally got the nerve of posting a couple of mine.

I have always been interested in photography since I was young but I found it such a very expensive hobby. Then,a couple of decades ago, I went back to college and found myself needing some credits to graduate. My sister, who is a photojournalist, gave me one of her older cameras to use and I decided to take a class in photography. I loved it so much that I ended up taking it for a couple of semesters that included doing some special projects with the professor.

Thanks to all of you and to flickr, I have rediscovered my love of photography. After seeing all of your beautiful works, I know I have a long way to go. I have so much to learn, but isn't that what life is all about!?

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This is in loving memory of my Mother who lost her battle with breast cancer on November 15, 2012. She was a SURVIVOR for more than 25 YEARS!

I LOVE YOU FOREVER, MAMA!

Saw this from a fellow Flickrite ...

Life is like a camera:

focus on what's important,

capture the good times,

develop from the negatives

and if things don't work out,

just take another shot!