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I'm a licensed psychotherapist currently on an extended sabbatical. I have many hobbies: music, dance, writing, gaming, sewing, historical costuming, design. I've always loved taking pictures, but intentional photography is a newer passion of mine.

Some of my older (digital) stuff was taken on an HP Photosmart 812, which was our first digital camera (bought in 2002!). Before that I had a Vivitar 35mm film point and shoot camera that was fairly craptastic. Since making the leap to digital, I've found I'm pretty much a Canon girl at heart, and I take pictures primarily with a Canon A620 or 30D.

I use Linux exclusively, and I edit primarily with The GIMP with UFRAW plugin for processing RAW files. I also occasionally use Bibble Pro, which is available in Linux, Mac, and Windows versions.

You can often find me online at www.fark.com where I participate in the weekly Farktography contests (under the name Elsinore). More info on that is available at farktography.net

I have too many toys; it's starting to get ridiculous!

Current Toys:

Digital:
Cameras:
HP Photosmart 812
Canon A620
Canon 30D (2)
Sigma SD10 (inherited from Dad--the Foveon chip concept is interesting)

Associated lenses:
Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X Pro (Canon EOS Mount)
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di (Canon EOS Mount)
Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF
Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Tilt Shift Lens
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Canon 70-200mm f/4L EF
Lensbaby 3G (Canon EOS Mount)
Lensbaby wide angle, telephoto, and macro add-on lenses
240 micron EOS body cap pinhole
Sigma 50mm f/2.8 DG Macro (Sigma Mount)
Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC (Sigma Mount)
Sigma 55-200 f/4-5.6 DC (Sigma Mount)

Accessories:
Canon Speedlite 580EX flash
Canon Speedlite 430EX II flash
LumiQuest Softbox
2 Cowboy Studio 24x24 Speedlite softboxes
Gary Fong Lightsphere with cloud dome
WR-100 Wireless remote for Canon DSLR
Sigma EF-500 DG ST flash
Sigma EF-500 DG Super flash
Lens mounted ring light of my Dad's design

Film:
Cameras:
Benz Gant Helioflex 3000T 35mm crap cam
Polaroid Sun 660
Holga (modded in various ways) medium format camera
Seagull 109 Twin Lens Reflex medium format camera
Canon EOS Elan II 35mm SLR
Canon AE-1P 35mm SLR

Associated lenses:
Canon 28mm f/1.8 (Canon FD Mount)
Canon 50mm f/1.8 (Canon FD Mount)
Kalimar 80-200 f/3.9 push pull zoom (Canon FD Mount)

Accessories:
Canon Speedlite 199A
Canon Speedlite 380EX

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Contacts (252)

zincprincess No real name given
Alpha Delta Pi HQ Ashlyn Stallings
hanovercollege Hanover College
The British... The British Monarchy
Farktographer1 Garrett P.
Neal Bayless Neal Bayless
Zaphod Beeblebrox No real name given
pjern Phil Jern
victori78 Victoria
hanoveralumni No real name given
CloudDancer19 Elise Rutherford
Exponential... DJ

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Rokinon Users 176 photos, 43 members
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Hanover's Best Shot: 2010 732 photos, 69 members
Daylight Robbery 3,127 photos, 235 members
Kentuckiana Photo Projects 989 photos, 27 members
Polaroid 231,058 photos, 19,984 members
Project 365: 2010 41,002 photos, 483 members
Project 365 1,450,766 photos, 26,053 members
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Camera porn (Pictures of cameras) 47,352 photos, 7,661 members
World TtV Daze 2011-2012 2,530 photos, 242 members
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Shoe Conversations 1,298 photos, 330 members
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Louisville Photo Social 3,630 photos, 164 members
Kentucky Is a State Of Mind 10,365 photos, 540 members
Through the Viewfinder 57,860 photos, 6,924 members
"Explore The Kentucky Center" 40 photos, 13 members
Louisville Strobist 882 photos, 90 members
Friendly Project 365 Challenge 30,515 photos, 546 members
Unfortunate Names 491 photos, 117 members
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Testimonials (5)

Orionid says:

"*ahem* Is this thing on? Oh, okay.

Everyone else pretty much summed it up, so I'll just say Lady E's awesome, and, uhh, don't do drugs, mmkay?"

5th November, 2011
The Horned Jack Lizard says:

"lady_e is one of my absolute favorites. Her passion for photography is evident in her images - I always love checking out her newest creations. You'd also be hard pressed to find a kinder, sweeter, friendlier person on Flickr and I'm so glad to have met her. She's what makes Flickr a great place to visit. And she's a QT too! ;-)"

17th September, 2009
Xaime Verde says:

"Lady Elsinore's pics are my favorite to look at in all my contacts streams. She has a great eye and sense of humor that few can equal. Thanks, K and keep them coming."

19th February, 2007
Matt HB says:

"Not only a dear friend, Lady_Elsinore inspired me to pick up my camera again, mainly by her energy and passion for her own work, but also by her love of everyone elses.

Her drive to learn new things, to share with you what she finds and to wrap you up in the excitement that it all generates is deeply inspiring, you cant help but get better results yourself.. as youll always be excited to share them with her afterwards!

I love her ability to see a picture, in the most mundane of objects. Ive always said, 'Anyone can take stunning shots of stunning subject matter, but it takes a truely inspirational photographer to take stunning shots of every day things.'

She is my inspiration."

24th September, 2006
Dave in Tejas says:

"lady_elsinore is not only a wonderful photographer, she puts ALOT of energy into the entire image making process. From the moment of capture to the final work, you can tell that there is much thought going into her photography.

As well, she is a very driven advocate of the learning process of appreciating the visual image. Not only does she excel with her own work, she has gone far and above with helping others improve their work. I am very glad to have met her on flickr and am happy she is on my team!!!"

6th September, 2006