John Munro -

I am an advanced amateur photographer with a keen interest in landscape and travel photography. I developed an interest in photography through my military service, education, and employment. I earned B.A. and Masters degrees in Geography/Cartography and Urban Planning. Prior to attending university I was in the USAF for almost five years stationed in the USA and Europe. The time spent in the USAF spawned a travel bug that remains with me to this day. After attending university I went to work with the U.S. Geological Survey as a cartographer making topographic maps. In my early career I traveled throughout the western United States on mapping jobs doing preliminary feature identification and topographic surveying. I also traveled to Saudi Arabia to make and edit a wall map of the region. During my career I was a topographic map editor, designed special (thematic) topographic maps, supervised different mapping operations, and was a mapping program manager for the western United States and Pacific Basin. I became interested in photography while in the USAF, and the late 1960s purchased a Minolta SRT-101 with multiple lenses. I spent the next 30 years trying to learn how to make correct exposures but never progressed much beyond that point. Approaching retirement I was faced with the age old retiree's question - what am going to do when I retire? I decided to expand my passion and learn how to compose and make better images that attempt to say something.

Joanne Munro -

I am also an amateur photographer who used photography as a method of documenting my travels. I have a BA degree in Geography and a Paralegal certificate. In the 1970s I purchased a Minolta SRT-101and lenses after my first trip to Mexico. Since then I have traveled to Egypt three times, Mexico, Spain, Italy, France, Ireland, Israel, and the United Kingdom documenting my travels. Also a retired federal employee, I left federal service in 2006 after serving with the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. My principal interests are photographing wildlife, patterns in the natural and man-made world, and architectural details.

Abigail - "Nibbles and Kisses" Munro -

Abby is now our oldest girl - an AKC registered yellow Labrador retriever who is almost seven years old. She is still a live wire and consummate Frisbee player. Her nick name is "The Knicker Napper" because she is always in the dirty clothes basket moving objects to the bed, couch, or yard when we are not looking. She has also picked up another nick name "Miss Wiggles" because when she greets you everything from the tail to the nose is wiggling. She now has a little sister and has so much fun chasing her or wrestling with her on the back lawn. They are the best of buddies.

Molly - "Miss Molly by Golly" Munro -

Molly is our puppy - an AKC-registered black Labrador retriever who is almost two years old. She is a live wire and and enjoys taking on her sister in a wrestling match or play fighting in the back yard. She also loves to get Abby chasing her around the yard. She can catch a Frisbee but does not want to return it for another throw. Abby returns the Frisbee with Molly hanging on. Molly is the hug muffin of the family as she is always dropping down right next to you and putting her head in your lap. What is really amazing is that she has many of the same mannerisms of her predicessor, Riley. Joanne feels that Riley picked her out and sent her to us as a replacement.

Riley - "The Life of" Munro (8/20/1997 - 4/3/2009)

Riley - an AKC-registered chocolate Labrador retriever now passed away April 3, 2009 at 11 years, 7 months. She was a mellow and gentle lab who lived "The life of Riley." She was named after the old 1950s TV show depicting the life of a post-WWII aircraft worker in southern California who was living a good middle-class life. We miss her very much but feel that she was looking out for us when we selected a new puppy in 2009 and Molly has many of her traits and mannerisms