El Beefcake's photostream

Note; I do have my own website with a lot more photos and all at much higher resolution.

www.fluffy-cakes.com

I had been living in Australia all my life with most of my time spent in Brisbane city up until mid 2008 when I moved to London. On my mission to save money and sell off my worldly possessions, I borrowed my dads Nikon D80 SLR camera so I could take photos of my motorcycles before I sold them. I hadn't used an SLR camera since high school and I had never owned a compact digital camera. It wasn't long after using it that I fell in love with the quality and control an SLR has over compact cameras. At that time I decided to save up some extra money and buy an SLR for when I came overseas, making it my hobby to help occupy myself and keep me interested in travelling.

After a few months of saving and research I finally bought my camera in early May of 2008, an Olympus E-510 kit with 2 lenses (14-42mm & 40-150mm). It was a reasonably priced kit which I found to be perfect for kick starting me off into photography. After taking a few snaps here and there I started to accumulate a collection of photos that I thought were half decent; I then had an idea to create a website so I could show my friends and family the sights and places that I have seen. So that's where my website comes into the picture, it has become my photo travel journal and side hobby to photography.

At the moment I'm still a novice when it comes to photography, but I believe the more I photograph the better I will become. I pretty much use my camera any chance I get, and I especially love taking it away on holidays. Since my original kit-camera purchase I have bought some extra equipment and lenses, including an upgrade to a bigger and better body (E-30).

Although I have not taken any photography course I have learnt a lot from the books I have bought to help me along the way. Even thou the internet contains a wealth of information, I find it easier, better and more informative to purchase a book from pro digital photographers.


My equipment thus far:

Canon 5D Mark II
Olympus E-30
Panasonic DMC-LX3

Canon 24-105mm f/4 IS L-series
Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5
Olympus 8mm f/3.5 fisheye
Olympus 50mm f/2 macro
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6
Lensbaby Composer, inc:
- Plastic Optic
- Single Glass Optic
- Double Glass Optic
- Pinhole / Zone Plate

Canon BG-E6 Battery Grip
Canon Remote Switch RS-80N3
Olympus HLD-4 Power Grip
Olympus RM-CB1 Remote Cable
Olympus FL-50R Flash Unit
Olympus FL-50R bounce adapter
Olympus FL-50R reflector

Manfrotto 322RC2 tripod ball head
Manfrotto 055CXPRO4 carbon fibre tripod
Slik Sprint Pro 3-way tripod

Lowepro Vertex 100AW
Lowepro Flipside 200 backpack
Lowepro Rezo 170 AW
Lowepro Rezo 50

Neutral denisity filters: .3 .6 and .9
Gradual neutral density fitlers: .3 .6 and .9
Protection filters for all lenses