I am a retired computer systems engineer who used to be active with photography starting in the 60's with my Pentax Spotmatic. As the kids came along I switched to video cameras. As they are now all grown and raising families I am back to recording the growth of the family tree with my camera. Since I have remarried after the loss of my wife to cancer, my new wife likes to travel so I have added travel pictures to my repertoire. I have been using Canon equipment for the last 10 years on trips to Europe (Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Netherlands), South Africa, Iceland, Ireland and all along the US east coast. The next year we plan on doing the USA west of the Rockies. I have been watching UHH for about 4 months and decided to finally join. I find a lot of the topics very enjoyable so I hope to both learn and contribute.