An amateur photographer since being given a Kodak Brownie in the 1950s, I've grown much older and have bought much gear since that first $11.00 camera. Photography, for me, is a licence to stare, a reason to linger, and an incentive to find the essence of a subject. It's stimulating from shutter click through final process -- escape behind the viewfinder, exhilaration of a great capture and endless potential for tinkering with the results.
