Photographic Profiles

[M38A1]

Since the Photography section seems to be growing, and many members like taking pictures, let's use this as a placeholder to showcase your gear. By using a standard format, we can all share our equipment lists so if you have a question, search out an owner and ask, beg/borrow etc. As your profile/gear changes, come on back and edit it.

Here's a format we can use:


Photos: Post a hyperlink to your albums such as smugmug, flicker etc. here so others can see your work.

Brand: What are your brand preferences?

Body: What bodies do you shoot?

Lenses: List your lens inventory

Other equipment: List your other/support gear

Editing software: What tools do you use for cleanup, effects etc.

Experience: Describe your experience, when/where you started and where you are now.

Favorite shots: List what your favorite type of shots include. That could be wildlife, sports, texas landscapes etc.

Advice: List any advice you might share to others.

[M38A1]

Photos: My Pixels (http://m38a1.smugmug.com/)

Brand: Nikon

Body: 1) Nikon D90, 2) Nikon Coolpix S7c point&shoot (P&S)

Lenses:
Nikon AF 55mm f/1.8
Nikon AF 18-200VR f/3.5-5.6
Nikon AF 105Macro f/2.8
Sigma AF 10-20mm f/4-5.6 superwide

Other equipment: INDURO tripod, Remote ML-3 flash fob, polarizing filter for the 18-200VR, SB900 strobe

Editing software: Adobe Photoshop Elements, Lightroom v2.2

Experience: Started out with SLR's and film (Pentax Spotmatic F) in High School. Did the yearbook thing for a while then moved to the Nikons with an EM automatic SLR and a N2020 SLR. Still have both of them! Finally took the leap to Digital about 2004 and haven't looked back.

Favorite shots: I'm after the Texas landscapes and wildlife shots of late, but getting BIG (ie: macro) is starting to grow on me.

Advice: Stick with it. You have to shoot a LOT of images to get the 'right' one. And YOU create the photograph, not the most expensive gear out there.

[bmcdonau]

I just have a cheap HP point and shoot, but its got an on/off button and mode button that are big enough to manipulate even with winter gloves on. Its a 5 mp so its good enough for traveling, but I've been trying to upgrade, but I can't find anything that I can turn on and of one handed while riding.

[Janet]

Photos:

Brand: Nikon

Body: D100
D40
HP 425 (tank bag camera)

Lenses: Sigma EX 120-300mm
Quantaray-NF AF 70-210
Nikon AF 28-105mm
Nikon AF-S 18-55mm
Nikon AF 28mm

Other equipment: All the junk that goes with them

Editing software: Not much

Experience: Photography was a family side business in the 60's. Dad and uncle were both professionals. Uncle was rather famous. Grew up with a darkroom in the house. Used Pentax and Leica back then. Got an AE-1 in the 80's sometime.
Got away from photography for a while and ended up with a few point and shoots. Got a Nikon 8008 maybe in the early 90's. Got the D100 when they came out and a D40 when they came out because the D100 has the external battery pack on it and it is huge and heavy. Just wanted something smaller to carry around.
Lately have been trying to remember all the little things I have forgotten about good photography. Can't remember all the good settings for different types of shots, but I'm working on it.

Favorite shots: Landscapes

Advice: BRACKET, BRACKET, BRACKET.

[SRADkneedragger]

Cameras
GoPro Digital onboard video
Sony Cybershot 7.2
Olympus FE-330 8.0
2 Olympus D-510 2.1
Digital concepts 2.1 For sale
Sony FD Mavica 1.3 For sale

Other stuff
Tripod
Remote slave flash
Bags
Cords cords cords
GoPro Mounts

Editing software
Paintshop 5 and 7
Windows Movie Maker

Favorite pic
Baby MeMe

SRAD

[Gilk51]

Photos: Have personal web server. No galleries, specific links as needed. Also use the TWT gallery.

Brand: Nikon

Body: D70s, L-18 pocket point-n-shoot (wife also has one)

Lenses: 18-70DX, 55-200DX

Other equipment: tripods, remote flash, remote release

Older equipment (film):
Minolta SRT-101, 50mm F1.4, 135mm tele, 500mm cat, 24mm wide
Minolta X-700, 50mmF2.0
Minolta XD-11 (damaged)
Bolex Super 8mm sound

Editing software: Corel Paint Shop Pro (version 10, I think). Also, Paint and GIMP, depending on what machine I am using.

Experience: First SLR in mid-70s. Mainly interested in trains back then.

Favorite shots: Dogs, people, landscapes, trains, old houses, etc..
I shoot stuff more for documentation and not art.

Advice: Take more pictures! I always think about some I should have stopped and taken...

[pacman]

I haven't upgraded to a digital SLR, so I just shoot with a 7mp Olympus p&s. The lens is junk, so the resolution is wasted. I've been shopping for a DSLR lately though.

My first trip through college earned me a Journalism BA, so I had to shoot and process more B&W film than I care to recall. I haven't messed with TTL photography in years, though, so it'll take me some time to get my mojo back. I started out on a Pentax K1000 since auto exposure was not allowed in photog 101. I moved up to a Minolta Maxxum 7000 in my second year, and only let go of it a few years ago. It was the first AF camera available. That was the clunkiest camera ever, but I shot some decent pictures with it. It's probably in a museum now. ;)

I post-process with paint.net and Picasa (Picasa has best red eye remover out there IMO. I use it for that alone and switch to paint.net for color processing). I've got a couple weeks left on my photoshop demo. I won't be buying it. Not worth it for the amateur photog.

Irfanview is awesome for bulk conversion of filenames and formats, and bulk resizing.

[sparkyphotog]

Photos: http://sparkyphotog.smugmug.com/

Brand: Nikon

Body: Shooting a D80, P5100 compact camera, Pentax W10 waterproof compact mounted to the bike. I also own film bodies N80, F100, and an old FE2, but I haven't used film since 2004.

Lenses: 18-200 DX. At work I have access to 17-55 f2.8, 70-200 f2.8 VR, and 60mm Macro. I used to own several other lenses (including a fisheye) but they were stolen last year.

Other equipment: SB-800 Flash, Bogen tripod, Gorilla Pod,

Editing software: Apple's Aperture

Experience: Built a pinhole camera and did my first darkroom work at age 12 in a class at the local art center. Did the yearbook thing in high school and took a more advanced class my first year in college. Didn't do much after that but got interested again when my kids were born. Since digital, I've been doing a lot for my company including all our catalog product shots - lots of studio work.

Favorite shots: I like it all, but extraordinary landscapes in both color and black and white are my favorites to look at.

Advice: carry a camera with you everywhere, even if it's just the one in your phone. The best camera in the world is the one you have with you.

[dixonduke]

Photos: Smugmug (http://duked.smugmug.com/)

Brand: Sony; Nikon

Body: Cybershot DSC-W150 (Sony), 8.1 MP; D90 (Nikon)

Lenses: Nikon 18mm-200mm VR; Nikon 35mm 1.8 DX; Sigma 50-500mm EX


Other equipment: None significant

Editing software: I have Photoshop Elements & Corel Paint Shop Pro 12 V2, but don't know how to use either of them. I now have Light Room 2 on my Mac.. Don't know how to use it either.

Experience: I know how to turn the camera on, and am just grateful that sometimes the shots are in focus. As a teenager I saved up my allowance money and bought me a Minolta 5000i body and a 50mm lens. I had my own enlarger and would convert my bathroom into a darkroom and develop B&W pictures (not snapshots, but not photographs either). I still have the camera and enlarger but have not used them since I got out of the Navy.

Favorite shots: Landscapes & people being people everyday type of things

Advice: If you are like me and take snapshots while riding, a tether is your friend.

Desire: To one day through practice and education I hope to learn how to take photographs, and not snapshots. I have wanted a DSLR for quite some time now, I thought I was going to get the D300 (Nikon), but technology is changing so fast I can't make up my mind. March 4, 2009, I took delivery of my first dSLR, Nikon d90

Also that some of the more knowledgeable/professional types here on TWT would hold an inservice / workshop (informally of course), on photography tips/techniques some weekend.:help:

UPDATE: STScott and Sharkey are putting on a course for us... Hopefully just the first of many. (http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37354)

[Shadman]

Seriously, I thought it said pornographic profiles :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I did a double take.

I shoot with a point and click $129 best buy digicam special. But I do it well. This spring I have vowed to replace my trusty 35mm nikkormat old school camera with a new Nikon digital camera equivilant. Time to start shopping!

[STScott]

Photos: http://www.scottbromleyphotography.com


Brand: Canon

Body: Canon 50D

Lenses:
Canon 50mm 1.8
Canon 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 IS
Tamron 24-70mm 2.8
Tamron 70-200mm 2.8
Sigma DG 150-500mm 5.0-6.3 OS

Other Equipment:
550EX Flash
580 EX II Flash
3 Photogenic PL 1250 (Studio Lights)
3 Pocketwizards (for wireless flash work)
Several backdrops and a backdrop stand
4 light stands
Sekonic L358 Lightmeter
A couple of flash brackets
2 reflectors
Various light modifiers for flash and studio lights (softboxes, umbrellas, reflectors, barn doors, etc..)
Tripod
Monopod
Black Rapid Camera strap (http://www.blackrapid.com/ )
remote release
A whole bunch of cords

Editing Software
Lightroom 2.2 (majority of edits done on here)
Photoshop CS3

Experience
Started when I was 15 with an Ricoh XRP SLR shooting BW (Dad had a darkroom in the house) and have been hooked ever since, 25 years and counting. I consider myself an enthusiastic amateur. Took my first photo class this past month (four Thursdays in Feb, put on by SMU continuing education....parts of the class I could have taught, other parts I learned quite a bit).

Favorite shots:
Whatever I am shooting at the time.

Advice:
Always have a camera with you and shoot alot. Stay away from the automatic functions of your camera, learn to shoot in manual. Never stop learning or challenging yourself.

[STScott]

I haven't upgraded to a digital SLR, so I just shoot with a 7mp Olympus p&s. The lens is junk, so the resolution is wasted. I've been shopping for a DSLR lately though.

My first trip through college earned me a Journalism BA, so I had to shoot and process more B&W film than I care to recall. I haven't messed with TTL photography in years, though, so it'll take me some time to get my mojo back. I started out on a Pentax K1000 since auto exposure was not allowed in photog 101. I moved up to a Minolta Maxxum 7000 in my second year, and only let go of it a few years ago. It was the first AF camera available. That was the clunkiest camera ever, but I shot some decent pictures with it. It's probably in a museum now. ;)

I post-process with paint.net and Picasa (Picasa has best red eye remover out there IMO. I use it for that alone and switch to paint.net for color processing). I've got a couple weeks left on my photoshop demo. I won't be buying it. Not worth it for the amateur photog.

Irfanview is awesome for bulk conversion of filenames and formats, and bulk resizing.

Look at Lightroom by Adobe...I think you will like it.

[pacman]

Look at Lightroom by Adobe...I think you will like it.

Downloading it now. Thanks for the tip. :thumb:

[matikrimerman]

Photos: build my own site during a collage course www.matikrimerman.com (http://www.matikrimerman.com)

Brand: Canon

Body: 20D

Lenses: Canon 70-200 F4, Sigma 10-20 , Sigma 18-50 F2.8

Other equipment: 2 Flashes, Tripod, Filters

Editing software: PS , Irfanview, Autostitch

Experience: Started at 2002. did some work for my collage and a little for a motorsports magazine.
Favorite shots: Motorsports , Landscapes.

Advice: patience is a key ingredient in getting good shots.

[sparkyphotog]

Photos: build my own site during a collage course www.matikrimerman.com (http://www.matikrimerman.com)



I checked out your web site and you have some very nice images. Thanks for sharing. :clap:

[matikrimerman]

I checked out your web site and you have some very nice images. Thanks for sharing. :clap:

Thank you. I am flattered.

[JadeRider]

Photos: http://www.obsidiandigital.com/
Self Built Site / has seen many versions

Brand: Been an avid Nikon fan since the pre-Digital age, but I am seriously considering Canon

Body: Currently Nikon Coolpix 8400

Lenses: Chose this one model in particular because is offer the equivalent of a 24mm wide angle out of the box, and wide angles are my preferred shot.

Other equipment: The MB-CP10 battery pack lets me use AA batteries as a power source. Great power alternative for multi day trips. ($20.00 online). Generic mini tripod.

Editing software: Apple Aperture

Experience: Started as a kid with a box camera. Later got an Instamatic. Finally, in college I bought a Nikon FM2 (late '70s early '80s) which I kept until 2004 when it fell off my tank bag. Used to scan my negatives and slides and the process on computer. At that point I bought the Coolpix 8400.

Favorite shots: motorcycles, old trucks, rusty barns and silos, mailboxes, reflections, cemeteries.

Advice: Go for the unusual angles. High, low, side. Create context with the back grounds. Look for subtle things that create emotional links and ties,

[Voni]

Photos: http://s320.photobucket.com/albums/nn335/Glaves/

Brand: FujiFilm

Body: Z5FD

Lenses: zip

Other equipment: tiny tripod

Editing software: FinepixViewer

Experience: I've had a digital camera of one variety or another for about 8 years, starting with shooting my new grandson and the his brother. My camera is my diary so I take lots of pictures of what I want to remember.

Favorite shots: I love shooting people, places, and wildflowers.

Advice: Carry your camera EVERYWHERE! Shoot early and often. Digital "film" is cheap.

[Photojojo]

Photos: My view through the lens (http://chrisjennings.smugmug.com/gallery/1366704#394129433_B3BuK) It's not very current.

Brand: Canon

Body: 1D Mark IIn, G7, Powershot A1000, iPhone

Lenses: 70-200 2.8, 20mm 2.8

Other equipment: 2 550EX's, 2 SB80's, three pocket wizards, misc mounts and light stands.

Editing software: Photoshop CS and Aperture

Experience: Been shooting pro for about 9 years now. Freelanced for several years, now I'm full time newspaper staff in Sherman.

Favorite shots: Photojournalism, I like trying to tell a story with pictures.

Advice: A good composition with a crappy camera will blow away a crappy composition with a good camera. Remember folks it's just a box with a hole in it.

[Brotha J]

Photobucket (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/brothaj55/). Not all of the images were shot with my current inventory.

Brand: Fuji
Bought this one for school (Biology labs) but soon learned what great pix it takes. So now it's our "around town" and "going someplace dirty" camera
Body: Finepix A805 point&shoot

Brand: Canon
My Favorite until we got the Nikon D80
Body: EOS Rebl K2
Lense: Canon a/f 28-90 f1:4-5:6

Brand: Nikon
I LOVE THIS CAMERA!
Body: D80 (she still needs an external flash)

Lenses:
Nikon a/f 18-135 f3:5-5:6
Quantaray a/f 70-300 f1:4-5.6
No vibration reduction on either

Other equipment: Ambico tripod, Sunpack 1600A Flash, Olympus T20 Flash

Editing software: Photoshop Elements

Experience: Disclaimer: Despite the may cameras that are in the house (not all named) I consider myself an ametuer. I rely far too much on the auto mode. I've still got a lot to learn about how the little things contribute to good photos (exposure, white balance, f-stops, ect.). After I graduate, I plan to to take some courses (or even minor) at my local city college on photography.

Like most folks my age, I started out taking pictures with my mom's Polaroid. You know, the ones that got your fingers sticky when you pulled that leader off of the picture itself. I crowned myself official family photographer because got tired of looking at pictures of great family shots through my mom's finger filter.

I was to poor afford anything but a simple point-and-shoot box camera. So I developed my "now that would make a good picture" eye with that. In 1995 I got on with Photo Drive Up. I worked for them for about 2-3 years. While I was there, I got to learn the real ins-and-outs of film processing and developing.

Today, I am fortunate to be able to combine my background in processing with my amatuer photo knowledge to not only help me to take better pictures but to help customers that come into my store do the same.


Favorite shots: I really love taking pictures of my daughter. I know this sound cliche. But she is VERY photo genic. Check out this photobucet album to see what I mean: Jamy and the New Camera (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/brothaj55/Jamy%20Christina/Jamy%20and%20the%20New%20Camer/)

Advice: I am fortnate enought to work in a photo lab part-time so I see the common mistakes that folks make when they come into my store.

1. Don't be stingy with the shutter! When I go out I take TONS of pictures; film or digital. The more pix you snap the better the chance you get that "worth 1,000 words" shots.

2. Try to educate yourself in this stuff every chance that you get. I've got the "Photography for Dummies" in my bedside library.

3. Never be without a camera. Great quality digital P&S's are really cheap these days. They're small and light so there's no excuse. And, make sure you have multiple camera cards. They are also very cheap these days.

4. Offload your digital pix onto...something. Be it CD, DVD, or internal/external hard drive. Make at least one backup copy and store it in a fireproof safe.

5. DO NOT get rid of your 35mm cameras! 35mm quality surpasses all but the more sophisticated digital SLR cameras:trust:. The amount of "stuff" that a film processing machine can do to your roll of film is AMAZING! Plus, you can always have your rolls put onto CD. Win, win!

6. One camera is good, two cameras are better, three cameras are even better...and so on,and so forth. You never know when your fav camera is going to go on the fritz. So, it's best to have a back up, and a back up for your back up.

7. DON'T FORGET TO CHARGE YOUR CAMERA BATTERIES!!!!!
As we speak, I've got the battery for my beloved D80 in the charger right now. Current finances prevent me from buying a backup battery. So, I am religious about checking that thing and keeping it charged. For my P&S, I've got two sets of charged batteries always ready to go. Overkill, maybe...well, yes. But I've had those occasions where I didn't have enough juice to record a family function. Not good.

[moh58]

Photos: http://www.jerrymohmephotography.com

Brand: Nikon

Body: D40X and D700

Lenses: Nikon 18-55, Nikon 55-200, Sigma 24-70 f2.8, Sigma 70-300 f3.5, Sigma 150 f2.8 macro

Other equipment: Nikon SB900 Speedlight, Nikon SB600 Speedlight, Macro focusing rail, and a Lowerpro backpack to carry all of my gear.

New hardware additions: Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR lens, Set of 4 AB1600 strobes with cybersync wireless remotes.

Editing software: Adobe Photoshop, Bible 4.0, Apple iPhoto.

Experience: I purchased my first DSLR about two years ago and was addicted from the first click of the shutter.

Favorite shots: I will shoot just about anything that presents it's self, but I prefer nature and wildlife shots, especially macro photography.
I also do quite a bit of work at horse shows and with some local horse trainers to help support my hobby.

Advice: My favorite piece of advice came from a professional photographer who told the most important phrase to remember is "I meant to do it that way"

[achesley]

Photos: http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m25/achesley1943/
The Summer of '02 were done with an HP 1 Meg freebee camera.
The rest Minolta Dimage Z1 and this year Z3

Brand: Minolta Dimage Z3

Body: Dimage Z3

Lenses:
GT 35 - 420 mm 1:2.8 - 4.5 What ever that means. :lol2: What it came with.

Other equipment: Couple of Tripods

Editing software: Ivew Pro, Pisica 3 > But hardly ever use it. What you see is what you get.

Experience: Just playing around since the Early '70 with SLR set ups then Digital stuff.

Favorite shots: Spur of the moment, non set up, on the move point and shoot stuff of what I run across in my travels.

Advice: Don't try to get too pro at it. Have fun and just shoot anything that crosses your mind. Don't get caught up in this MegaPixel stuff,it just ain't that important to get good, fun shots unless your gonna print them large or get super techco.

[sharkey]

A bit late to the party and I don't post much here in the photo section.

Photos: www.majesticimages.org

Brand: Canon

Body: 40D

Lenses: Tokina 80-200 2.8 is my favorite. I have a couple other Sigma and Canon lenses.

Other equipment: Lowepro Rolling Case, Canon 430EX flash, Promaster Flash, Bogen tripod

Editing software: LR 2.0

Experience: Loved taking photos since I was little. I worked on our yearbook and then took a lot of nature stuff. I started doing weddings to earn some extra cash. I'm an average shooter and could be better but I need to put more work into it.

Favorite shots: I like shooting people and landscapes. I have several photos from my Ireland trip hanging on my wall.

Advice: Get it right in the viewfinder and it solves a lot of work later, Great composition and a smile makes up for some exposure errors, and we are our toughest critic.