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I live in Hunterdon County, New Jersey (USA). Most people think of New Jersey as being congested but the country side is somewhat rural and quite beautiful in this part of New Jersey.

I have been interested in photography for many years and have bought some decent point and shoot cameras over the years. After getting two new kittens this spring and not being able to capture good action shots with my point and shoot, I finally upgraded to a Sony Alpha 300 DSLR. That immediately led to the purchase of a couple of faster lenses and today ( 9/10/09) after having the camera for a little more than a month, I bought an off camera flash. I love taking pictures of my cats but I also like to take nature shots. Once the leaves start to turn, I promise to post some shots of the wonderful fall foliage we get around here.

I am really enjoying all the great photographers and especially all the great cat pictures on Flickr. I love that I can see peoples pictures from all over the world and that I have contacts from all over the world. Unfortunately I only speak English well. I have been trying to learn Spanish but don't do well enough with it yet to try to post in Spanish.

If you have looked at my photo stream, it is obvious that I love my cats. I have no children so Sappho, Apollo and Zeus are like my kids. They are registered Ragdoll cats. Sappho is 7 years old and when I bought her, I also bought a male flame point named Phoenix. Phoenix died fairly suddenly of cancer in early April. He was a big (18 pounds) beautiful sweet boy and I miss him so much. After Phoenix passed, I needed to have more cats in the house so that lead to the purchase of Apollo (born 2/13/09) and Zeus (born 4/8/09).

I look forward to seeing all your photos and learning more about photography.