I'm definitely not a photographer, but a few weeks ago, I picked up a basic DSLR to cover some upcoming construction in my home town - but I have found myself snapping things as practise with the camera. I don't think they're particularly good, but here are a couple (shrunk and detail lost, of course):
It was recently really foggy here, and near where I work there's a huge brick industrial looking viaduct; it looked incredible disappearing into the fog, with some barely visible lights underneath it in places. I bet even I could have taken a good photo of it, but I didn't have my camera! A lesson learned; my camera is now always in my car, wherever I'm going, even if it's just to work.
I'm certainly no photographer, but after this period of construction, which should be about 2 years or so, maybe I'll have enough experience to use the camera to its potential!