When we wento to Alaksa in 2001, the scenery was so magnificent, I borrowed Frank's new 35 mm film camera and realized how much I'd missed photography, which goes so well with travel as a passion!

Masaki,
I'm with you on the software, Elements 3.0 (time to upgrade), Sometimes I use Picasa, and I use Microsoft's Digital Image Suite, which when I approached a pro at the photo store for Photoshop CS lessons, suggested.

John,
You may want to look into my favorite place for professional photo classes - The Santa Fe Workshops. They actually have a class for Apeture.

Sheri- I am glad to teach a basic class on MUSH. Even with a point and shoot camera there are things you can do with composition. I sold a photo taken with my Nikon Nuvis Point and Shoot camera.