Kate Bauer came to Tucson from Cleveland, attracted by the weather.
"As much sunshine as we get here, that's how many cloudy, gloomy, dreary days there are in Cleveland," she said.
And with camera in hand, she puts Arizona's nice days to good use.
"I like hiking and traveling around Arizona," she said. "Anywhere I go, I bring my camera with me.
"Whether you go to Agua Caliente, the Catalinas or Reid Park, there's always a picture to be taken."
Name: Kate "K8" Bauer.
Age: "49 & holdinggggggg."
Photography experience: "I received my Minolta camera as a gift back in the late 1980s. That's when I really started enjoying taking pictures."
Camera: Nikon D40x.
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Favorite subject to photograph: "Get me outside with my camera and I pretty much get 'OCD' about taking pictures. Everything is waiting to be photographed. Lately, I've been keeping my eye out for bugs to shoot, which is funny because I used to run the other way when I saw a bug. Now, I race for the camera and actually get up close to them."
Favorite photos: "I have so many favorites, but the one I will choose is the horse in the fog. Not too often do we get fog here in the valley. When we did get some one December morn, I took the opportunity to go out and take some pictures."

