The only class in college I ever fell asleep in was art class. So what do I end up doing? Artsy photography things.

I always did enjoy the outdoors. From summers growing up at my family’s fishing camp, getting a Bachelors of Science in Biology, to getting a position at a Nature Park, spending time outdoors was always what i wanted to do.

But art and museums were never my thing. It was boring, too many people, too little to actually do. So one day I bought a little camera that just happened to have a lens that could be changed. I just wanted to stream online like a cool gamer. But somehow I ended up taking it outside to take pictures of something. Next thing I know I’m buying a longer lens. Then trying to get a picture of a woodpecker just out of reach. So I upgraded.

With the new camera body and lens I decided that it cost too much to just use it a little. I should get good. So for the entire year of 2023 I did the 365 Challenge. Take a photo, edit the photo and post the photo. Every. Single. Day. For a year. And I wanted to do it right. Learning new techniques and trying to master some aspect of photography every day.

Somewhere during the year I guess I got good. That’s what I’ve been told anyway. Well now I’m putting those new skills to work.