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Wandering teacher with a camera!

I studied History and Archaeology at university as a mature age student, and got a job teaching English in Korea. I've been doing that since January 2002.

I bought a 35mm point-and-shoot in my first year in Korea and used that for 2 1/2 years before buying a Samsung consumer digital to see if I could take some real good photos. I did, so I bought a Canon EOS 300v (also called Rebel Ti or Kiss Lite, depending on which country you buy it in) to take even more photos!! Haha. Then of course I had to buy another lens, and then another, and Oh! I'll buy those filters while I'm here, and that......

Pretty much self-taught, with only a few bits of advice from a friend (thanks Dave!)

People are my favourite subject, but I also have this thing for bicycles, and I seem to do ok with urban stuff as well.

EQUIPMENT

Cameras:
Canon EOS 5D Mk II
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EOS 350D

Lenses:
Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 II
Canon EF 28mm 1:2.8
Sigma AF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 APO DG Macro
Canon EF 70-200mm 1:4 L USM
Tamron SP AF Aspherical Di LD (IF) 17-35mm 1:2.8-4
Canon EF 24-105mm 1:4 L IS USM
Canon EF 85mm 1:1.8
Canon EF 400mm 1:5.6 L USM

Flash Units:
Canon Speedlite 420EX (x1)
Canon Speedlite 430 EX II (x3)
Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2
Cactus V5 DUO wireless flash transceiver (x4)

Tripods:
Velbon GEO N630 + Induro BHDO ballhead
Velbon CX-888 (meant for video cameras but light and easy to carry around, also cheap.)

Any comments, positive or negative, are more than welcome!

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