I'm an American living in France (since 2003) and loving it.  
I've always preferred nature shots over portraits of people,
ever since I bought my first camera when I was in high school
(a looooong time ago!).  These days I have my camera with
me most of the time, and I look for things that need shooting,
whether because they're interesting, unusual, or just plain
beautiful.  The address of my blog, where I post many of my
photos, is
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/yenome .
Muddy LaBoue, photographer