My father was a photographer - I grew up in a darkroom in the days of black and white. I'm still pretty basic. No photo shop (so no digital collages of dropped in sunsets) - and no computer generated images of babies flying in clouds... What you see - is what I framed through my lens as I looked at the scene. My background is Liberal Arts. I completed Nikon's workshop in composition, and studied art at the University of Hawaii and Portland State University in Oregon. I am a past member of the Yaquina Art Association and a past president of...more