BriWit's photostream  

Aaron is home and doing well. I'll be pretty busy taking care of him and capturing his rapid changes. The desk still needs to get built as well. I'll be slowly easing back into flickr.

See the photo I made my icon from by clicking >

Welcome to my pictures. Each photo is in a set. Viewing by sets is how the photos are intended to be viewed. Many of my photos will look too dark unless viewed large. The set(s) a photo belongs to are on the right of each photos page. The rights I grant will be in the set description if different from the following. Pictures can be printed 4"x6" using the ORIGINAL SIZE file or saved to your computer for personal viewing. Larger prints require my permission and larger files. All other rights reserved. No commercial use, no distribution, no derivative works without prior permission.

I've gotten many requests for derivative work. THANKS! I'm honored. I'm an artist myself and I'm too busy with projects and two little ones to handle those requests. So for now, no derivative works. Thank you for respecting copyrights.

My Gear:
Camera bodies:
Canon EOS 10D with Kirk QR plate (now my wife's)
Canon EOS 20D with battery grip and Kirk QR L-bracket
Canon EOS 30D with battery grip and Kirk QR L-bracket
Lenses:
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM (now just for dusty areas)
Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro USM
"Bigma" Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG HSM with Kirk lens plate
Other:
420EX flash with Lightsphere II (portraitist)
580EX flash with Lightsphere ID (PJ clear w/ internal dome)
Bogen/Manfrotto 682B monopod
Gitzo 1227 MK2 carbon fiber tripod
Acratech Ultimate ballhead
Tamrac Pro 12 bag
Lowepro Computrekker Plus AW backpack
-Finally a bag that will hold all my stuff! I can keep the Bigma and the 100 macro mounted and not waste 1/3 the space. The bad news, it weighs a ton!
Software:
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
RawShooter premium 2006 (bought and discontinued by Adobe)
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 (my main database and raw converter)
Autodesk 3ds max (nothing on Flickr yet, it will be in a special set someday:)
Autodesk combustion
Sony Vegas Pro

--All public photos should be tagged with camera and lens. 10D photos without a lens tag were shot with a 1993 consumer grade Canon EF 75-300 f/4-5.6 USM. The Bigma images will be tagged with Bigma and
Sigma50-500f/4-6.3DG

For those new to flickr:
Above every picture are some options. Choose view all sizes to get to the original if you want to save it and take it to a photo lab. You can try the large size for inkjet printing. I'll do a test eventually to see if it is big enough. Many of the pictures really need to be seen at at least the large size to really see them properly. Boxes appear on some images right after they load. Mouse over them to see notes. They will show up any time you have the mouse over the default image if they are present. You can add a photo to your favorites list by clicking add to faves. To see every picture I took with the same tag, click the tag name. You can also view all public pictures with that tag.

Friends and Family:
To see family photos I need to add you to my family list. Add me as a "family" contact (mouse over my guitar icon then click the triangle that appears). If you aren't using your full real name on flickr, send me a message (use flickrmail, same way as add contact) with your name and screen name so I know who you are. I'll add you to the list ASAP. You'll also be added to my private group where I'll help everyone get connected. If you all select favorite (see above) pictures, I'll make "highligt" sets which only contain those selected as favorites. I already have over a thousand pictures of Amberlyn and they will all be posted eventually so I'd make use of favorites!

If you want to see Amberlyn's exact age, click More Properties on the right. Near the bottom of that page next to Supplemental Category: is Amber's age down to the day. It is so specific because I use it in my database for sorting.