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Photography. Where to start? I always remember having some sort of a camera or another. The first one I really remember was an old disc film based camera back in the day. Next up I remember making a pinhole camera out of cardboard in Jr. High School in shop class, was quite fun and I really enjoyed it. Had a film SLR for awhile, I think it was a Nikon, not sure…

Then I moved on to digital point and shoots – Canon Powershot A20 and A70s. Being in computers, it made sense and the lure of digital photography was too much. Sometimes I think it was a mistake, I have some good shots composition wise, but through the ones I had, I never really used the cameras to the full capabilities – and I lost a lot of my knowledge I’d gained from using film.

Enter November 2007… my first digital SLR, and current camera, the Canon Digital Rebel XTi (400D). I love it. It’s opened up photography for me again in ways I couldn’t imagine and beyond…

I don’t really have a specific style… I don’t know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, I just like to try different things and experiment with my camera and Photoshop – see what I can do with the camera and with post-processing. That being said, I give my best effort to getting the composition, framing and lighting right in camera and most of my photos are post-processed for clarity and perhaps minor color and curves adjustments. However, certain photos I will post-process to the max with techniques like HDR (high dynamic range) Imaging and simulating cross-processing.

Recently I’ve moved into the world of sports photography with the hopes of focusing on mixed martial arts in the Edmonton area.

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I didn’t get a Flickr account until I knew I was getting a DSLR. I’ve met a lot of great people on Flickr – not only is it a great place to store and share photos, it’s a great place to make friends and discuss photography. I’ve met some cool people through my threesixtyfive project, and hooked up with a few local photographers through some of the local groups. I love the amount of variety on Flickr, it’s awesome and inspiring to see so much great photography from different places and from different perspectives.

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My current gear consists of:

Canon 5D Mark II
Canon Digital Rebel XTi (400D)
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L lens
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens
Canon Zoom EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III USM lens
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
Canon 430EX Speedlight
Kodak Duaflex I TLR
argus Seventy-five TLR
Kodak Brownie Hawkeye
Nikon FG Film SLR

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