I began taking photographs when I was younger and my dad had given me my first film camera. My passion for photography really developed when I took a photography class in high school and loved every moment I spent in the darkroom developing film and creating photographs. I continued taking pictures and made the transition to digital 7 years ago. While I take all types of photographs, creating black and white images will always remain my true favorite. Ansel Adams once said, 'a great photographs is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is...more