My 2007 was one my best years yet. Exciting events had taken place that I never envisioned possible. For one, I finally got to travel to the Rockies in the west coast of Canada. In preparation for my trip to the Rockies, I went out and bought myself a Sony DSC-H5. A rather siginficant upgrade from what I had owned before - a 3 MP Kodak Easyshare. Although the trip itself was more than a humbling experience, my photos turned out disappointing - the quality of my shots of the Rockies and various wildlife did not come out the way I had wanted. What appeared to be magical when I was there did not transverse into my photographs. Of course, I was still shooting in auto mode.

The disappointing photos from my Rockies trip lit a fire within me and ...