It started at UTSA with a camera Kris probably couldn't afford. He maxed out his credit card for a Nikon N70 and a kit lens — and carried that thing everywhere. Down scenic roadsides, into graveyards, out onto piers at midnight in Port Aransas.
That midnight pier shot — a long exposure down the dock that came out perfect on the first try — got submitted to a photography contest and published twice. His first paying gig followed: $50 for a friend's bridal portraits. The eye was always there.
Then film got expensive, DSLRs were out of reach, and life moved on. The camera went in a closet. For a while.