Columbia, MO. One dog and three cats. After almost a year of quiet I'm getting back into posting regularly.Â
My primary work is done with a Nikon D700, which is the best camera I've ever owned. I do infrared with a converted Nikon D50, and recently learned how to get good results with another D50 converted to full spectrum. Both D50's I converted myself, and it was difficult but not as hard as replacing the shutter.
I've been photographing for 30 years, starting with my father's Canon AE-1, but never got serious until digital came along. Primarily I do this as a hobby but I also photograph events for the organization I work for.
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In my photo I'm sitting in the cockpit of one of the 7 P-38 Lightnings still flying. Woo-Hoo!
Photographic Interests:
Wildlife, special effects, infrared, caves, landscapes, moods
Philosophy:
Practice, practice, practice. Beats all the talk about technique in the world.Â
Cameras:
Nikon D50 (#1, converted to permanent infrared)
Nikon D50 (#2, converted to permanent full spectrum)
Canon SD940 IS
Nikon D90
Nikon D700
Nikon D1H
Canon SX20 IS
Canon HF S100 Camcorder
Canon A540 (with underwater case)
The Flip camcorder
Lenses:
Tokina 12-24mm
Nikon 18-55mm VR
Nikon 55-200mm VR
Nikon 70-210mm (Constant F4 aperture)
Nikon 70-300mm G
Nikon 18-200mm VR
Tokina 500mm Mirror
Nikon 28mm prime
Nikon 50mm prime
Nikon 300mm H manual focus prime (X2)
Nikon 80-200mm F4.5
Nikon 75-150mm Series 'E"
MTO-1000AÂ (Russian 1100mm mirror lens)
Tamron 28-300mm LD IF XR (main walking around lens)
Tokina 19-35mm
Nikon 50-300mm manual focus
Nikon 105mm f2.5
Arsat 80-200mm F4.5
Nikon 200mm F4 "Q"
Nikon 55mm F1.2Â (My lens for shooting in caves)
Tokina 80-400mm F5.6
Jupiter 36B 250mm (Russian)
Tair-33 300mm (Russian)
Kaemar 100mm f2.8 (Russian)
Tokina 80-200mm f2.8
Software:
Picasa, Gimp, Irfanview, Vue D'Esprit 8 Complete, Poser 8, Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0
Computenmaschinen:
Athlon Phenom quad core, 8GB ram, GTX-280 video card, 750GB + 1.5TB hard drive, Windows 7.Â