About my Work You could say that photography's in my blood. My great grandfather Fritz Wentzel was a photochemist and talented photographer. My grandfather worked for a while as a photojournalist, and his older brother, Volkmar Wentzel was a writer and photographer with National Geographic for almost half a century.  When my uncle Will died, and I inherited his old Nikon FG and a set of lenses, I realized that life is too short, and turned my amateur interest in photography in to my profession. We all have our own ways of seeing the world around us, and for me, photography is about capturing that perspective and freezing it in time.  Sometimes it's the nature of the light, and sometimes it's the feeling of a place or a time.  Sometimes the moment is perfect as it's caught by the camera, and sometimes the magic of the moment appears through the manipulations and interpretations of the printing process.  I've been photographing professionally for about five years now. I've twice been awarded a certificate of merit by the New York Institute of Photography, and in 2002 I was awarded first prize in the category of Most Creative in the Waterford Festival photographic competition.