My name is Julia Karkheck Ross.  I am sixteen years old.  I like to express myself through photography.  I like to express happiness through my work.  I consider myself a happy person, and I love making other people smile.  
     My favourite thing to take pictures of is the sun.  I love being able to capture all the different colours of the sky during a sunset or sunrise.  I love sharing the photos I capture to show others the beauty of simple things.  Like a sunset.  
     When I graduate from high school,  I plan to have a career in the photography business.  Another plan I have if that doesn't work out is to be a baker.  I love to bake and decorate cakes and cupcakes.  I have done a few cakes for my own and family members' birthdays.  Photography and baking are definetly my greatest passions.  
      Currently,  I attend Stratford Northwestern Secondary School.  In my free time I like to spend time with my friends and family, taking pictures, baking, and I also keep myself busy with my job as a cashier. I love being able to interact with customers, and meeting new people everyday.  
      I took a Media Arts class to explore all the different ways of expressing myself in my artwork with photoshop.  I draw my inspiration from nature.  Nature is beautiful and I love capturing the beauty of it through photography.  I think the thing that motivates me to take my camera outside to take a picture is just seeing something pretty outside and wondering how I could capture the same thing in a camera.  My ultimate goal is to make another person smile, and if someone smiles from looking at my work,  that motivates me as well, to continue taking pictures.