I started taking photos when I was 6 or 7 years old... long years of practice have made me fairly good at it, and occasionally I get a phenomenal shot. :) I live in Northern California and have all my life, so my photos have a bit here and there of that Cali flair, though some you'd never know where they were taken. But isn't that true of everything? I started drawing when I was old enough to hold a crayon, then drew until I was about 20, all the time. I drew every day. Then I got married and had kids, and the drawing kind of got put on the back burner for a few...more