My real journey, photographically speaking, began December 25, 2013, when I received a DSLR from my husband for Christmas. Like many of you, I had always had a camera and taken literally thousands of photos from college all the way through the childhood of my own kids…but this was a real camera. I was so intimidated and fascinated at the same time. I remember being almost afraid to touch it for fear of breaking something or messing it up somehow. It took me almost an entire y