Nichole Beltz

"Just a small town girl..."

I got my first camera when I was a tween. It was a bright pink one that used 110 film (the kind shaped an old telephone receiver). I used to force friends and family to sit for portraits that never seemed to match what I pictured in my head.

When I got my first digital camera, my photographic life changed forever. I guess I'm an instant gratification kind of girl because I love not having to wait to see if I got the shot. A friend gave me Photoshop years ago, and now that I'm learning that you can do more with it than just put one person's he...

"Just a small town girl..."

I got my first camera when I was a tween. It was a bright pink one that used 110 film (the kind shaped an old telephone receiver). I used to force friends and family to sit for portraits that never seemed to match what I pictured in my head.

When I got my first digital camera, my photographic life changed forever. I guess I'm an instant gratification kind of girl because I love not having to wait to see if I got the shot. A friend gave me Photoshop years ago, and now that I'm learning that you can do more with it than just put one person's head on another person's body? I feel I'm really starting to earn my self-ordained title of "Amateur Photographer".