About cyclingbill2003 / Bill  

For starters I enjoy photography. I'm an amateur and plan to keep it that way although I'm always looking to improve :-) I generally enjoy taking nature and landscape shots but have been experimenting with other things as well. I really started enjoying photography when I got my 1st digital camera in 2002 (a 2 mega pixel Canon A200). I found it allowed me to take pictures without the financial penalty for bad shots. In addition it doesn't result in stacks of photos crammed into boxes in closets slowly getting ruined over time. I'm currently using a Canon XSi. Previously I was using a Canon S3IS which is truly a great little camera.

All photographs are copyright, all rights reserved. My photographs may NOT be reproduced and/or used in any way without written permission.

Please contact me if you are interested in using or purchasing any of my pictures. A small gallery of Long Island photographs is available for purchase at:

If you invite me to join a group and I don't, please don't take it personally. I'm currently in too many groups to keep track of. I won't joining a new group unless there is something that really appeals to me about it.

Cameras:
Canon XSi (450D)
EF-S 18-55mm
EF-S 55-250mm
EF 50mm (1.8)

Canon S3IS
- Canon LA-DC58E Conversion Lens Adapter
- Canon TC-DC58B 1.5X Tele-Converter
- Canon WC-DC58A Wide Converter

Canon A200 (rarely used but still ticking)

Canon AE-1 SLR (rarely used)

Various filters.


Software:
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
- Image editing and organization. I'm very happy with this software package. It's well worth the money.

GIMP 2.6
- Free Image Editing Software. It does some things that Elements doesn't do and it does some things just a little differently than Elements. If I don't get the results I want using Elements I try GIMP. It really is a free photoshop. It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, and more. I highly recommend that everyone try it!
www.gimp.org/