What’s this all ABOUT?

It started with a fairly good camera, a trip to Kenya and an amateur (novice at best) photographer. In Africa, with my camera set on Auto and some pure, dumb luck, I started as a “Happy Snapper”. (That’s what one of my Photography Class Instructors calls us beginners.) With a bit more dumb luck on my Kenyan Safari, I met some very helpful and creative people; the Camp Manager at Richards River Camp offered a few techniques and camera settings that elevated my primitive skills and saved some amazing memories of my amazing African Safari!

With that little trip, the Photography Bug bit…I needed to know more and more. Jumping in head first, I’ve read books, taken classes, picked my friends’ brains and practiced, practiced, practiced. I know, I know….IPhones take GREAT photos and everyone is an Ansel Adams with them….and I know it will be a lifelong journey on the tail feathers of faster moving technology… but this is a passion FOR ME! Yes…with my older, slower, heavier than an anchor Canon DSLR, I am going to snap on! And yes, it IS just for me… but this site was originally intended for family, friends and curious acquaintances to look at their leisurely pace. So… if you’re here by some other off chance reason, go ahead… take a look…..and I hope you can enjoy a few pictures, smile and continue on with an even nicer day!