Brian Reiter's photostream  

My blog is at sahelhound.com.
My technology blog is at brianreiter.org

I am the co-owner of a small software development firm based in Washington, DC. We build content-managed websites and custom-tailored CRM, financial and business process automationion systems. A lot of this work involves integration with heterogenous and legacy environments. It's great to design and build a system that people use to solve real problems and I love the intellectual challenge.

I also have a passion for photography that I developed as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. I had a lot of amazing subject matter to work with but some really awful generic lenses. I learned a lot about photography, but I pined for a Nikon F3 (or better yet an F2 Titan) with a 35mm f/1.4 Nikkor. When I relocated to Washington, DC after Peace Corps, I scraped together the cash for an F100 and a lens. It's been fantastic.

I'm an ameteur photographer in the orginal French "lover of" sense. My images have found there way into marketing and business publications from time to time. A series of images that I shot of Senator Tom Harkin back in 1996 is buried somewhere in the Smithsonian collection. I have sometimes had the opportunity to do short term technical assistance on USAID funded development projects. Some of those jobs have given me the opportunity to continue to travel and shoot some amazing places. Now I have two beautiful children as subjects as well.

I only acquired a digital camera in 2007. I have a ton of images on E-6 slides. Maybe I'll scan then some day.

Although I have reserved the rights to all of my images on Flickr, I'm happy to allow them to be used for free for non-commercial purposes as long as I am asked first and credited for the shot.

Assorted Gear
Nikon D200
Nikon F100
AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D
Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 AIS
AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 17-25 f/2.8D IF-ED
AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70 f/2.8D
AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8D ED version 2
Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 + PN-11
Speedlight SB-28
Speedligh SB-800
Gitzo Explorer Reporter G2220 sticks
Gitzo Mountaineer Studex GT3540 sticks
Gizo G1275M offset ballhead
Acratec G2 ballhead