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Well Photography was once a hobby and now is turning into that passion, to put my emotions and expressions not just behind the lens but within my soul and through my eyes for the whole world to see..."Let our Exposures speaks for Itself"...."The World is Our Studio, Let's Capture it"....."Shoot to live"....

My Gears/Lenses

DSLR
Nikon D90- (Nikki II)
MB-D80 Battery/Vertical Grip

Lenses
-AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
-AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
-Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX AF 11-16mm f/2.8
-Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 APO EX DG OS HSM

Photo Editing= CS 3 & PhotoScape

Photography Books:
-Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson
-Understanding Shutter Speed by Bryan Peterson
-Beyond Portraiture by Bryan Peterson
-Learning to See Creatively by Bryan Peterson
-The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman
-The Hot Shoe Diaries by Joe McNally
-Nikon D90 Digital Field Guide by J.Dennis Thomas
-Magic Lantern:Nikon D90 by Simon Stafford
-Understanding Close-Up Photography by Bryan Peterson
-D90 User's Manual (My Bible for Nikki)
-Within the Frame by David duChemin
-Understanding Photography Field Guide by Bryan Peterson
-Exploring the Light by Rick Sammon
-Perfect Exposure by Michael Freeman
-Visual Poetry by Chris Orwig
-Top Digital Photography Tips by Michael Freeman
-Fashion Photography Course by Eliot Siegel
-The Photographer's Mind By Michael Freeman
-Digital Photography Master Class by Tom Ang
-Chasing The Light: Improving Your Photography with
Available Light by Ibarionex Perello
-The Portrait Photography Course by Mark Jenkinson
-Understanding EXPOSURE 3rd Edition by Bryan Peterson
-The Complete Guide To Light by Mark Cleghorn
-People Pictures by Chris Orwig

Bag=Crumpler 8 Million Dollar Home Bag (Royal Blue with Orange Accents)

Flash=Nikon SB-800 Speedlight

Filters=Heliopan UV filters 62mm & 77mm SH-PMC | Hoya PRO1 UV/CPL filters 77mm & Hoya PRO1 UV filter 52mm

Light Meter Device=Sekonic L-358

Tripod= Bogen/Manfrotto 190XPROB Black Tripod with 322RC2 Grip Action Ball Quick Release Head

Wish List of Lenses/Gears
-D4
-D700 or D800
-D7000
-AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED
-AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.4G
-AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G
-AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
-AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF
-AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
-AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
-AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
-AF-S Nikkor 200mm f/2G ED VR II
-AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II
-AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8G ED VR
-Sigma 180mm f/2.8 APO Macro EX DG OS HSM
-Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro
-Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM
-Tokina AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 PRO FX AF 16-28mm f/2.8
-R1C1 Wireless Close-Up Speedlight System
-SB-910 Speedlight
-Saberstrips
-MB-D10 Multi Power Battery Pack
-MB-D11 Multi Power Battery Pack
-PocketWizard Plus II Transceiver / Radio Slave
-Manfrotto 055CXPRO3 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs
or Manfrotto 055CXPRO4 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs
-Manfrotto 327RC2 Joystick Head
-Profoto D1 Air 500 w/s Monolight or Profoto D1 Air 1000 w/s Monolight

I hope by attending workshops/classes, reading books and online tutorials/online forums, sharing info and insights/techniques w/fellow photographers around the globe/world and as well by trial and error will bring my photography into a whole new level, just amateur/hobbyist but I want this to be a lifelong passion, what I see I want the whole world to see through my eyes.....behind the lens..A photographer's eyes- A photographic Triangle: ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed...here some photography quotes ranges from Adams, Eastman, and so on and again Thanks in viewing my profile feel free to add feedbacks and comments or testimonials, God Bless and Keep on shooting

Photographer is somebody who is inspired by the surrounding reality and who’s transforming the reality using photographic equipment. I was always inspired by what’s within me, and nobody has ever invented a camera capable to photograph thoughts. -- Zdzislaw Beksinski

“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” (Ernst Haas)

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. - Ansel Adams

Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography. - George Eastman

Photography is savoring life at 1/100th of a second- Marc Riboud

At some point photography becomes autobiographical. In order to create better photos, we need to go out and to develop who we are-Chris Rainier

To create better photos, you need to become a better person-Rodney Smith

To be an artist, to be a photographer, you have to nurture the things that people discard, you have to keep them alive-Richard Avedon

We do not take pictures with a camera, but with our hearts and minds-Arnold Newman

"My passion has never been for photography 'in itself...but for the possibility — through forgetting yourself — of recording in a fraction of a second the emotion of a subject, and the beauty of the form." - Henri-Cartier Bresson 1994