I've always wanted to be a photographer, but i've never had a camera and generally my talents have been more with writing than shooting. My parents gave me a my precious camera for my 21st birthday. I AM OVERJOYED. now i can run around shooting anything and everything. I'm not great. I have no qualms with stating my shortcomings. I don't know enough about lighting or shutter speed or anything technical. but I love photography and i'm learning. for now i'm still playing, just taking pretty pictures of whatever i can. I cant wait to talk one of my friends into letting me do a proper shoot.

I am very new to this and i'd appreciate any advice that anyone is willing to give me. I still get butterflies in my stomach when my number of pageviews goes up- not to mention if someone makes one of my pics thier fav.

so hello DA... i'm excited to be here, like a kid on the first day of school. I am here to play and learn and hopefully make some friends.