About me

When I was 7 years old I discovered my father's Kodak Instamatic camera tucked away in a drawer and desperately wanted to use it. So my dad bought me some film and a flash cube and I set about the house and the backyard taking pictures of the trees, the cat, the couch, everything. When the photos came back from Black's Photography, many of them had a Print No Charge sticker on them. Some of my best photos (at least in my opinion) had been stigmatized that way. So I carefully peeled the stickers off and proudly place them in my photo album as if no one else would ever notice they had technical difficulties.

I eventually took a course in photography while in high school where I learned about composition and lighting, how to use a manual SLR camera as well as perform black & white processing. I really enjoyed the class and afterwards tried to pursue photography as a hobby.

After entering university to study biology, my life quickly became a lot busier with no time to pursue photography. Doing well in school seemed more important than taking photos. But time passed and I started to miss being creative.

About the site

I set up this photoblog in February 2005 to get back into photography. I felt it would be the ideal way for me to be creative on a regular basis.  Photoblogging also provides a way to interact with and learn from other people who enjoy photography. Life will always be busy so I've decided to make more time to foster my creative side.