My name is Emil and I am proudly from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I have been taking photos since my mom gave me her little rewind film camera when I was just 17. That was about 1996, and I've been hooked ever since! But I've never taken it very seriously, always snapping away simply as a hobby, not trying to make it my full-time profession by any means. I didn't go to school for photography, I haven't taken any classes in it, and I haven't even read any books on the subject other than the manuals that come along with each camera I've upgraded to over the...more