Thanks for the comments everyone. Some of you have asked about my gear and experience, so I'll just copy and paste the pertinent from I wrote that will be going to the intro page to my gallery:
The majority of my photography experience has been with one-time use cameras that I bought before a particular occasion (ie a vacation). I got my first camera, a Canon CoolPix 885, for Christmas '01. I really didn't get much use out of this point & shoot camera, especially because after about 8 months it started having excessive hot pixels. I was able to get a refund, which I put towards my next camera, a Canon PowerShot S40 in August '02.
While it had a lot more manual options I still used it as a point & shoot camera for the majority of the time that I had it. After I started learning about all the manual settings and options I quickly outgrew the camera and in the middle of October '03 I stepped up to the new Canon EOS Digital Rebel (AKA 300D). I have been spending a good amount of time with photography in the past couple of months since I finished school and have a lot of free time currently.
Just a quick sidenote, only about 15 of the pictures in the gallery were taken with one of the older cameras.
My current lenses are:
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM (just got this yesterday, early Christmas present )
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Zoom Macro Super II
And I have UV filters and a circular polarizer that were used in some of the shots. Once again, thanks for the comments.