How did I get here?

How did you get into photography?

When did you start taking photos?

Who inspires you?

These are questions I am sure every photographer gets a lot.

I figured people want to know, so I'll tell you. :)

My dad was a hobbyist. He loved taking photos. Some of my favorites are up on my fridge.

He knew how to capture moments.

At the same time, my parents had a friend named Wes. He was a professional. He had us come over and have our photos taken. I was enthralled. Even though I was very young, (I remember my brother was about 3, so I was 8) I just watched what he did. One of his photos is still up on our wall at home.

My in-laws got me a film camera for Christmas one year. I used it all the time. By the time I three kids I needed a point-and-shoot. I wished I had kept up with the film camera, but life happens.

The photos above are definitely inspired by Wes.

I eventually got into photography again when a friend, who was a professional photographer, and I started to hang out. Boy, was she talented. She taught me a lot. She even let me borrow one of her cameras for a while.

I went out and bought my own camera. :)

Canon Rebel T3

I LOVED it!!!

Eventually, I started to watch videos and I took a few private lessons with a local camera store.

And then I started to shoot! A LOT!!!

(when my first laptop died, they were taking everything off of it and told me I needed not one, but two external hard drives because of how many photos I had on it) :)