Me and My Photos :)'s photostream  

I started out here on flickr uploading pictures from various trips I've taken over my life, as I used to travel for a living and now just enjoy travel several times a year. In the past prior to 2009, I've always carried a P&S, I always have enjoyed "taking pictures".

In February 2009 I remember my journey with photoraphy started by googling what an f-stop was. I began educating myself on the basics on the Internet. One of my purchases in March 2009 was a 20 year old manual fast prime 50mm Nikon E Series lens, so that I would be forced to learn light metering by eye, feeling the aperature for the depth I wanted to create, framing the picture with my feet, and judging the shutter by where and how much light I was seeing.

I'm still very much a student, amateur, tinkerer - of photography, constantly learning as much as I can daily. By trade, however, I am an IT Consultant.

I enjoy photography as a challenge and an expression of how I saw the world at that moment through my eyes, and then my lens, and so most all of my photography is done in nature, my animal/insect/flower shots unless otherwise noted are done in a natural habitat or my personal garden with original composition in place. I say this partly because I get comments to photoshop out someone or something and I leave it to you the viewer to decide about the beauty, or lack there of, of an object in it's original setting. I'm not here to compete or show my talent, I'm here to represent the world as I see it and learn how to better represent that world in future shots.

My latest endevour is to work on lines, perspective and as always color.

Current Toys:
Nikon D60
Nikon D90
- Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM AF
- Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM AF
- Nikkor AF-S DX VR 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 G
- Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 MF MA
- Nikkor AF-S DX VR 55-200mm f4-5.6 ED
- Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 APO DG Macro
Nikon P5100
Nikon Coolpix 5600

My images are Copyright by me and you may only legally use my images with written permission. I'm not a pro I realize but I do like credit for what I have done :)

VISIT MY EXPLORED IMAGES
1. By The Pale Moonlight | My Backyard, 2. Emerge | Las Vegas, NV, 3. Running Over | Roswell, GA, 4. Rush | Roswell, GA, 5. South Strip at Night | Las Vegas, NV, 6. Bellagio from the Sky | Las Vegas, NV, 7. Be A Leader, Not a Follower | Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA, 8. Eye've Got My Eye on You,

9. A Room With A View II | Las Vegas, NV, 10. Who's Hunting What?, 11. Aging, 12. Me 'N The Bee, 13. See Seven States | Rock City (Set of 3), 14. Dragonfly Talk {EXPLORED #412}, 15. City Under a Tree, 16. Hibiscus Delighting in Some Sun,

17. The Fountain at Forsyth Park in HDR | Savannah GA, 18. The Girl in the Red Dress | Savannah GA, 19. Haunted Moon | My Backyard

Roswell, Georgia, USA