Introduction - welcome to a New World of photos

 I started taking photos as a hobby when I was maybe 11 or 12 years old.  I started with an Olympus viewfinder film camera which I still have.  It was completely manual which forced me to learn some basics on setting shutter and aperture.

Later I used a variety of cameras before I started trying to take existing light concert photos at CCM concerts.  I discovered I was really bad since my existing light photos were always blurred.  I decided to invest in a high end camera.  I bought a Nikon F5 - top of the line at the time and some 2.8 aperture Nikkor Lenses.  The Camera knew what it was doing even though I didn't.

I also picked up a couple of books by John Shaw - Nature Photography and Landscape Photography.

Then I practiced and learned from my mistakes.  I was fortunate to be able at the time to attend a lot of concerts including the same tour multiple times such as Point of Grace, Avalon and Jaci Velasquez.

 In 2007, I bought my first digital camera - a Nikon D80 which I choose because it was full frame and could use my existing lenses. 

In 2012, I bought the Nikon D800 and that is what I am still using today.  Maybe if I can saved some money I can upgrade again.

As my introduction says - I enjoy taking natural photos rather than staged / posed photos.  I enjoy capturing the moment.  I hope to use this blog to share a few of my photos from my life going back 10 years or more.  With the photos, I'll also share teh background story.

I hope you enjoy it.

I am also in the process of monetizing my photography.  You can visit my picfair store - https://timnew.picfair.com and I also have stock photos uploaded on Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com/g/timnew and Dreamtime (can't figure out a way to link my Dreamtime account).
You can also contact me directly if there are any photos you'd like to buy.