[Juju]

Juju here. Living in northwest Florida panhandle, also known as the Redneck Riviera, but of course, like many other current Floridians, I'm a Yankee transplant.

I'm an English teacher at a small state university, and I could never draw or paint, but I love to take pictures. I started with my mom's old 35mm SLR when I was in my teens, graduated to a Canon AE-1 in my 20s, then kind of lost the love as the busy-ness of life took over.

Fast-forward to earlier this year, when I got my Canon EOS Rebel XSi, took an online digital photography class, and fell in love all over again. Thanks to the gift-giving season (i.e. my birthday), I'm accumulating a nice array of lenses. If anybody has any good ideas about storing gear at home, I'd love to hear them. Currently, everything sits in a hodgepodge of bags on my desk--not the best solution.

I ADORE DPS and have already learned an incredible amount of useful tips, techniques, and ideas for future shoots, and looking forward to learning lots more. Also turning all my photo buddies on to DPS.