Jim.

Did you know that Jim is a man of many talents?

He can cook, garden, write poetry, and take amazing photographs...to name a few.  For Christmas he bought "me" a digital SLR.  I have dreamed of getting him a really great camera since I met him.  So he beat me to it.

Here is a picture of the moon he took with his telephoto lens.  I cropped it to enlarge the photo so you can see more moon details.

A few weeks back there was some sort of meteor shower.  Jim set his alarm for 3AM and did star photography.  That is some dedication, there is very little that will get me out of bed at 3AM. He is out taking pictures of Mars right now.

Big dipper from my back yard.  What motivates me is his lack of fear.  He is not afraid to try anything and possibly fail. He takes thousands and thousands of pictures, experimenting with different lenses, filters, settings, etc.

My sister and Jim are very similar.  They do not let rules confine them and they think outside the box.  My sister has no fear taking a pair of scissors to an article of clothing and fixing it up to her liking.  I used to say to her "You can borrow this sweater as long as you don't cut it."  My sister will cut anything she feels like, her hair, other people's hair, clothes, etc.  She is also really good at it.  I digress....

Despite our gloomy weather here in central PA, Jim gets some great shots.  (I am pretty sure the sky is grey and cloudy 300 days a year.)

He can also use his lens to shoot in miniature. He took these on top of a parking garage looking down.

I plan to post more of his pictures in the future.