I first knew I wanted to take photos on a family trip to Las Vegas in elementary school. I remember taking a perfectly balanced photo of the Coke Museum, framing it in the shot with some other manmade structures. When we had the photo printed (yes...the days of film) I remember my mother telling me it was so perfect and looked just like a postcard. Me (Kitty) Year 2014 Flash forward to middle school, when I saved up to buy my very first digital camera. It was a point-and-shoot Canon Powershot, the size of a couple decks of cards. I researched and research and picked that camera because it had the highest optical zoom I could find in my price range (around $180 as I recall...which was a lot for me back then) and the highest photo quality I could find. As I recall, it took a whopping 3.2 megapixel photo. It was amazing. In high school I started taking a photography course in school. I learned on an SLR (a film SLR) and developed photos in a darkroom. It was one of the most amazin...