Leah Washington My current camera of choice is a digital Sony Cybershot. I love color and so I rarely take black and white photos. I am currently focusing on nature and wildlife photos, as well as extreme close-ups (macro shots). Photography has been an interest of mine for most of my life but I didn't start taking pictures myself until around 2003. I try and find the unusual in the everyday things. My alter ego is a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro in Sport Psychology. I am a certified athletic trainer with degrees in Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology. I have a neurotic dachshund named Zack Morris, and am addicted to college football, Law and Order re-runs and Iron Chef America. I have an unhealthy obsession with commercials (particularly Sonic Drive-In and SportsCenter) and I am incapacitated by baby animals. My mother says I am, in her words, "a handful." Andrew Phillips My interest in photography stems from an early introduction in a 7th grade workshop, though  I didn't start getting serious about it until 2004 when I purchased my first camera a Nikon FM2N.   It was all down hill from there.  I quickly discovered a love for black and white photography and manual film cameras.  Included in my arsenal are a Hasselblad 500C, Rolleiflex 2.8D, Nikon FM2N, a few Holgas (a toy camera), as well as Polga (or Polaroid Holga, also known as a Holgaroid) .  I have built a traditional wet darkroom in my closet where I produce traditional silver prints.  I also have a digital darkroom where I can produce archival prints using my Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer and Espons Ultra Chrome Inks. The current themes I have been exploring are urban and rural decay, Street Life, and fine art nudes.  Lately I have been focusing on using Infrared film in my figurework work because of how it depicts the body in an almost ethereal context.  I have also been gravitating more and more to my Holga for my study of urban and rural entropy and street life.  The soft focus and vignetting are a perfect match for these themes.  Not to mention there is something extremely satisfying about producing a beautiful photograph with a $20 plastic camera. In the real world I am an Aerospace Engineer working for the Navy.  I have a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a M.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech.  I have a 10 year old Chocolate Lab named Tucker and a 4 year old rescued tabby named Max.  For better or worse, I love USA soccer and VT football.