A sketch artist when I was younger, later in life I discovered manual photography with a digital camera and old-fashioned film lenses. For the past three years, I have been self-studying the art of photography through websites, books, mentors, and good old trial & error. In addition, I have written many gardening articles for www.davesgarden.com using my own digital images of plants and flowers, going by the user name of 'timmijo'. My favorite subjects to capture are those found in the peacefulness of nature. My passion is to reveal the hidden beauty in ordinary creatures...more