This document outlines the progression of an individual's journey into photography from 2000 to 2014. It details their starting points with hiking and buying a point and shoot camera in 2000 and 2005. Key milestones included purchasing DSLR cameras in 2007 and 2010, completing an online photography course from 2008-2010, and retiring from their job in 2014 to focus on photography full time. The document provides education history and lists exhibits and awards the individual has received for their photography work from 2011-2014 focusing on landscapes and ordinary scenes from Missouri.