My Love of the outdoors and later my love of photographing it..started when growing up on a small farm in central Illinois. We had 60 acres of timber with a creek going through it. It was the first place I ever went fishing and I spent a lot of time out there. But it wasn't until my wife bought me a canon sure shot that I fell in love with taking pictures, That's right everyone I can blame my wife for getting me started. lol Was I any good probably not but I loved it and tried to do better all the time. I chugged along with that camera knowing nothing about SLR until my...more