I bought my first SLR camera, a Canon AE-1, in the 1970s and right then and there developed a love for photography. Since then, I have seen many years go by and have owned many different cameras, but still enjoy exploring this big beautiful world with a lens. Coastal Virginia and North Carolina with their big empty ocean beaches, historic lighthouses, expansive salt marshes, big busy bays, and small lonely inlets are my favorite places to go visit with my camera. I especially enjoy shooting lighthouses, weathered and rustic old buildings, ships coming and going in the Chesapeake Bay, sunsets...more