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I take photos because one day I want to remember myself through the photos I have taken and I'm too lazy to maintain a diary :-\

I'm in a field of applied science and at the moment I'm a researcher and a teacher at a university in Melbourne, Australia.

I'm a fanboy... of the truth. I passionately defend it. Don't take it personally if things get in your way.

About my recent photos:
I am a photo-purist to a great extent. So almost all the shots I've taken recently haven't even been cropped or rotated to correct vertical alignment. If I'm not happy with an image, I throw it away. Yes, I use only primes and I like fast lenses. I manual focus a lot. I don't retouch images (see notes below images). I don't shoot in the continuous mode (machine gun) to capture action.

And I shoot most things except macros and old people's wrinkles. Also I hate it when people refer to digital camera ISOs as "ASA"... Anyone seen the "ASA button"? I didn't think so.

Flickr groups I've created:
Multicultural Australia
Large Format Color
Canon L Primes on Film
Canon 200-400mm f/4L IS Extender 1.4x
Canon EOS 1D X
Light The Night [Leukemia & Lymphoma Soc., Leukemia Fndn.]

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Some notable gear that I currently own (*), previously owned (^) or don't own but have used (mentioning them here since I give "advice" here and there):

Canon L/pro lenses: 14 f/2.8L II, TS-E 17 f/4L, ^24 f/1.4L, *24 f/1.4L II, TS-E 24 f/3.5L, TS-E 24 f/3.5L II, 35 f/1.4L, 50 f/1.2L, MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, *85 f/1.2L II, *TS-E 90mm f/2.8, 100 f/2.8L IS Macro, 135 f/2L, 180 f/3.5L Macro, *200 f/2L IS, 300 f/4L IS, 300 f/2.8L IS, 400 f/5.6L, 400 f/2.8L IS, 800 f/5.6L IS, 8-15 f/4L, 16-35 f/2.8L II, 17-40 f/4L, 24-70 f/2.8L, 24-105 f/4L IS, ^70-200 f/4L IS, 70-200 f/2.8L IS, 70-200 f/2.8L II IS, 70-300L IS, 100-400L IS, 28-300L IS and not so pro lenses: 70-300 DO IS, ^17-55 f/2.8 IS.

Canon EOS bodies: 1Ds3, 1D4, 1D3, ^5D Mk II, 7D, 60D, *50D/IR, ^40D, 1V, *3, 1N, etc.

Zeiss: CP.2 85mm T2.1, *Contax 645 Zeiss 80mm f/2

PhaseOne: P65+, 645DF, Schneider Kreuznach LS 110mm f/2.8

Nikon lenses: 24 f/1.4G, 35 f/1.8G, 35 f/2D, 35 f/1.4G, 85 f/1.4G, 85 f/1.4D, 105 f/2 DC, 105 f/2.8G VR Micro, 200 f/4D Micro, 200 f/2G VR, 300 f/2.8G VR, 400 f/2.8G VR, 600 f/5.6, 14-24 f/2.8G, 24-70 f/2.8G, 70-200 f/2.8G VR, 70-200 f/2.8G VR II, 200-400 f/4G VR, etc.

Nikon F bodies: D3s, D3, D700, Fuji S5 Pro, etc.

Nikon 1: J1, V1, 10mm f/2.8

Sony stuff: ZA 16-35 f/2.8, ZA 24-70 f/2.8, 70-200 f/2.8G, 70-400G, ZA 85 f/1.4, ZA 135 f/1.8, STF 135 f/2.8 [T4.5], SAL 500mm f/8 AF, etc. and bodies like a900, a850, a77, Nex-5N, *NEX-5, NEX-3, NEX-VG10, *E16mm f/2.8, E18-55, E18-200, *H9+DH1774, *T7, etc.

Sigma stuff: 120-300 f/2.8, 12-24 DG, 8-16 DC, *600 f/8, 50 f/1.4, 50-500, 150-500 OS, DP1, DP2, etc.

Four Thirds stuff:Olympus 12 f/2, Panasonic 20 f/1.7, Olympus f/7-14, Olympus 25 f/2.8, Panasonic f/7-14, Olympus 35-100 f/2, Olympus 150 f/2, Olympus 300 f/2.8, Olympus 90-250 f/2.8, etc. and FT bodies like E-5, E-3, E-30, EP-2, EP-1, L-1, L-10, GH-1, GF-1, GF-2, Gf-3, etc.

Pentax/Samsung stuff: Pentax Q, K-7, K20D, K10D, etc., FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited, DA-Star 200mm f/2.8, DA 40mm f/2.8, etc. Samsung NX5 and NX10 + 30mm f/2.

Rangefinders: *Fuji GW690III, *Bessa R, Canon 7 + 50mm f/0.95, Leica M8

Large format: *Linhof Kardan Standard 8x10, *Chamonix 045-N2, *Graflex Speed Graphic 4x5, *Fujinon 300mm f/5.6 (8x10" lens), *Schneider Xenotar 150mm f/2.8 (4x5" lens), *Schneider Xenar 480mm f/4.5 (non-tele, 11x14"+), ****150mm f/2.8 (4x5" lens), *Kodak Aero Ektar 12"/307mm f/2.5 (8x10" lens)

Misc cameras/lenses: Fuji X100, Leica X1, etc.

Misc. accessories: *Gitzo GT2541, *Gitzo GT1541T, ^Gitzo GH-1780QR, *Manfrotto 303-SPH, *Manfrotto 405, **Canon 580 EX II, *Canon ST-E2, *Epson V700, *Novoflex EOS/NIK NT

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I think anyone who hasn't covered the Beijing Olympics armed only with film and a shoebox with a hole in it is guilty of being a gearhead.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the photos. I love to hear your thoughts - both good and bad.

Note: If you would like to use my images without linking, e.g. for print, offline, etc., feel free to ask :-)

GTW