Amy Dexter

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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For as far back as I can remember I've needed to create. I was going to be a dancer, or an actor, a writer, something. I could never quite decide what though. So I took classes, and I wrote, and performed. And through it all, I had a camera in my hand. I wasn't taking pictures for artistic merit, in fact for some reason I never even thought of my photography as a form of art. I was just taking pictures for me, of things I knew I would want to see again and again. I had no concept of f-stops, or shutter speeds, of any of the technical stuff really. I just always used a point and shoot, I thought all cameras were like that. I was a happy, albeit ignorant, little shutterbug. Then I was upgraded to a digital, still a p&s, but it had all these extra buttons and some strange dial thing. All of a sudden a whole new door opened. I still take pictures for me and I still have much to learn, but so many people here on the net have given me wonderful advice and have helped me improve in many ways.

I love to travel and have seen most of the US while on a traveling sales crew. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to afford to go anywhere else as I currently struggle to pay the bills with Social Security Disability. I am a huge advocate of Mental Health issues, we need to change the way we see and treat those with ANY disorder, mental or physical. Words and looks can cause more pain then most would imagine. I think that everyone needs to stop and take a look around at the world, we're destroying each other and our planet and maybe if we could work together and accept each others differences, we could change that. As corny as it may sound, children ARE our future, and need to be protected. If you are being abused or suspect/ know someone who is, SPEAK OUT, no one has the right to force you to do things against your will...except chores, no getting around that one.

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