I grew up in Illinois and now live in Kansas City. I've been into photography since I was 12 or so. My first camera was a Yashika SLR, which I still have. I currently shoot with a Canon 40D and a variety of lenses. I do not use any color filters, and do very little post processing. What you see is generally what the camera saw in the field. I travel extensively in the US, caribbean, and Latin America.