In the words of legendary American photographer Ansel Adams:
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. The same holds true for photographers.
We purposefully avoid the use of peacock descriptive terms, such as 'professional', 'experienced', 'qualified' and the like. Photography is as much of an art as it is the application (and love, for far too many of us :) ) of cutting-edge optical and electronic hardware. The latter is dealt with under 'Equipment' - as for the former, one should let his or her pictures do the talking. In any case - to satisfy the curious: