Full Circle

I often get asked how I got started in photography.  I've had a camera in my hands longer than I can remember, taking pictures around my family's farm in Pennsylvania.  Cattle, horses, flowers, barns, sunsets...I loved it all.  As I got older, I would enter some of my favorite photos in the county fair and other state and national photography contests.  As with so many things in life, the more I practiced, the better my composition.  

A few years ago, one of my best friends asked me to snap some pictures of her and her fiance for a "save-the-date" announcement.  Her faith in my abilities opened my photographic eye to a whole new world of pictures...people pictures.  Over the past few years, my equipment and experience has pushed me from a hobbyist to a professional, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for me and my Nikon!

And as the title of this post suggests, it seems as though my photographic journey has come full circle.  Not because I have a flow of clients calling, but because I have been given the great opportunity to pass along all that I have learned to an enthusiastic group of young people in the local 4-H program.  Today was our first meeting, and I can't wait to be a part of it!  Watching them learn and perfect an art form, all the while helping one another --- stay tuned, it's going to be a fun year!