I started photography when I was sixteen,just for fun. I desided in 1969 to take a photography course at UC extension from Ruth Bernhardt, I didn't know who she was. We over the next five years became very close. I also studied under Ansel Adams, and Minor White. In 1973 I lost the bug, and it staid lost until last September, I bought a used Nikon d80 and I'm starting all over again. With DSLR and Lightroom. A real new trip.