365 days ago, like most humans during the cosmic clean slate of the new year, I was deep in some New Year's resolution pondering.  I'd been really enjoying creating photo manipulations from stock photos, seeing what sorts of critters and creations I could dream up, but something wasn't quite there yet. I finally started shooting a few of my own photos to edit at the end of 2013 and I could tell I'd found my calling. So there I was, staring the unknown-ness of 2014 right in the face and it hit me - there was no reason why I shouldn't be shooting photos all the time, and making a name for myself in the photography world. I had all the tools at my fingertips; I just needed to start using them!!