Tom started with an Kodak 110 Instamatic (Why was it named that anyway - there was nothing ?instant? about it) taking pictures of flowers in Riverside, CA. As a graphic design student at Purdue University he discovered photography is an exciting blend of art, technology, chemistry, optics, and mathematics. More importantly, Tom fell in love with the essence of photography: LIGHT. Soft light. Hard light. Dramatic light. Clean light. Dirty light. The different tones, hues, and emotions of light...