I have been taking pictures since I was a little boy growing up in Lee a small town in Western Massachusetts. My Aunt May was the 1st one to introduce me to photography and she was a prolific photographer in her own right. She traveled all over the world bringing back landscape photos. Over the years I spent some time taking pictures but didn’t really take it very seriously, just trying to make it “come out”. Then the digital age came and I bought my 1st point and shoot. A Kodak 3MP camera that really did a good job and was a good camera to start learning on. I have really enjoyed the education process, spending a lot of time watching webcasts and other video training and listening to my favorite podcasts about the subject. I found some good friends to shoot with and joined a couple local camera clubs.