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In the beginning my interest in photography was merely as a hobby. I never really looked at it as more than a way to capture a moment in my life. Whether the object that sparked my interest was a person, place or thing, what I captured on film was nothing better than a snapshot. There was no passion or art in my photographs, just a record of a moment in time. It wasn’t until after I discovered the works of Ansel Adams that I wanted to learn how to add passion and art to my photographs. The simplistic beauty in his images showed me that a camera is more than a simple “Recorder”; it is a “Tool”. The same way a chisel gives a woodworker the ability to shape wood, the camera gives a photographer the ability to shape an image. I didn’t...