 I would classify myself as a bird photographer. I actually started photography in high school. I started when I was second year in the seminary. Don't worry, I got kicked out of the seminary. I'm not satisfied with just seeing it or taking documentary shots of it. I prefer to be able to take a really good picture with lots of details. I think bird photographers are mostly like that. Bird photography is definitely a passion. You've got to be a little bit crazy to go into it because it takes a lot of financial resources, takes a lot of time and patience to be able to capture some beautiful images of birds. If you do bird photography, I think it's very essential that you be a good bird watcher, meaning, say, you know, the birding basics. I think if you also want to be a good bird photographer, you have to master your equipment. That's essential. One thing that's challenging about bird photography is that you cannot have the shot you want all the time. Our way out of it is just to take bursts of shots. So we take hundreds and hundreds of shots and hope that one of them will turn out nicely. You have to have a genuine affection for your subject. I think that that's very important. I find some birders just considering birds as a subject, but I think if you don't have a genuine affection as a human being to our avian friends as part of our environment and what's their role in that environment, I think you're just going to be a commercial photographer.