Barbara Gabay

I am an American/Israeli citizen. I grew up in a very small town in Minnesota, lived in Dallas, TX for 5 years and have lived in Israel since 1987. I married an Israeli and have two grown children. I got my first good camera a 35mm film Canon camera in 1997 and my first good digital camera in 2009 Canon Ti1. I switched to NIkon in 2015 with the purchase of the D7100 and now have a Nikon D750 which I love and will use for many years to come or until mirror less comes down a lot in price. Photography is a hobby and brings me much joy. When I am out taking pictures I totally lose track of time. Everyone needs something that gives them the feeling and excitement I get from taking pictures. I enjoy your tutorials and have been watching your Corona virus shows every day. Keep on doing them. This will not end soon. I am still at work at a clinic in my town. I am a lab technician and luckily very few people show up anymore and we screen them at the door. If they are sick we put them in an isolation room or send them home and tell them to call the health dept. if their symptoms are not serious. Israel reacted quickly and still we stay at around #20 even though in world population we are #100! We are testing many people and maybe that's why our standing is so high. We haven't hit our apex yet but I think it will happen soon. First case was Feb 20 and we quickly put people in quarantine who returned from China adding countries as they became affected. Lock down a month later.