I'm Tom Potter, a Colorado landscape and nature photographer. I was born and raised in The Bronx, New York, and lived in Brooklyn for 13 years, till my wife and I moved to Colorado, in 1996. I got into photography in 1992, when I watched a television program that featured two nature photographers demonstrating how to photograph a waterfall. I was fascinated by the fact that these two guys were being paid to have fun and do what they loved! That was my Aha! moment. I knew right then and there that I wanted to be a nature photographer! My first professional influence was Art Wolfe. Other favorites include Galen Rowell, Peter Lik, Mark Gray, and two fellow Coloradans, Andy Cook and John Fielder. I very much enjoy everything about nature photography, from planning my outings, prepping my gear, being outdoors, carefully studying a scene, to processing and displaying the resulting images. Most importantly, I love that something I created can bring joy into someone else's life, making them feel good and putting a smile on their face. That is always my ultimate goal.