I took my first photos in 1999, with a 1.3 Mp point and shoot. Without knowing what I was doing technically, I discovered I had a an eye for interesting things and composing images. I would have become a "photographer" there and then if were not for the high prices of digital SLRs (at the time they were 20 - 30 thousand Australian dollars). These are some of my favourite images from that early period.

I kept taking photos as I travelled but I was just another happy snapper with a point and shoot. I upgraded a couple of times over a few years to slightly better point and shoot cameras. These are some of my favourites from that time.

About 8 months ago, I took the time to sit down and look at all my photos collectively. I was impressed to see a number of shots that I was proud of. It was then that I realised I was a photographer but I just didn't have the technical know-how.

I went out and bought myself a decent DSLR and began learning all about it. Aperture, depth of field, shutter speeds, composition and so on. I read everything I could and took photos of anything I could think of (ask my friends and family). Since then my technical abilities have improved vastly and I feel I am coming to a new phase in my photography in which I can get back to concentrating on the photo again without thinking of how the photo is made because all the technical aspects of it are now automatic.