Mester’s photography exhibit, “The Nature of Virginia: Images of Loudoun,” displays photographs representing 10 years of local history in Leesburg and its surrounding areas. The images, which depict landscapes and events, are on display in the Leesburg Town Hall until April 30. How did you learn the art of photography? From my father. He had a darkroom, and … I just enjoyed the whole experience of making pictures. So now that the photo world has gone digital, do you miss film? There’s really not much of a difference. Film limited you because you could only shoot a roll of 12 or 24. The downside with digital is you can shoot 1,000 pictures — and you have to go through it. … You can sort of overlook composition because you have a tendency to assume the camera’s making the right adjustments because we have automatic settings. … The downside is we just don’t slow down and think of the image that we’re taking.