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Web developer, musician and photographer, geek. I've been shooting since I was 12 when my father got me my first Nikon - an EM. I lost touch with my interest until 2005 when my father (again) helped usher me into the digital age. Now, I shoot semi-professionally and love every minute of it.

I have a blog.jeffbalke.com and write a music industry blog at Chron.com. I also play in the band, orange is in here in Houston. Mostly, I'm a nerd, who co-owns a web development company.

I'm happy I found Flickr for many reasons, but especially for all the friends I've made. Flickr is a great community of people.

If you want to find out more, I'm easy to find. :)

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Contacts (268)

NicoleLRomano Nicole Romano
Mitchell Center Cynthia Woods...
ThisIsNotApril April
YMKM Agency YMKM Agency
PhotoGeniuss Arif Arifi
fcarters No real name given
ART CAR GAL Brandi
Elegant Machines Jason Armstrong
DiverseWorks DiverseWorks ArtSpace
headpickle No real name given
ska2tra12 Norma
Ms. Pants No real name given

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Not A Crime 543 photos, 1,908 members
Houston Press Flickr Pool 21,329 photos, 744 members
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 411 photos, 108 members
The Forgotten 64 photos, 195 members
East End Houston 196 photos, 24 members
Dominic Walsh Dance Theater 185 photos, 20 members
Debugroup 148 photos, 36 members
TheCoffeeGroundz 366 photos, 93 members
Houston Twitterites 501 photos, 128 members
Dickens on the Strand 559 photos, 49 members
Tales from the Pit 2,273 photos, 223 members
Houston Festivals 1,460 photos, 90 members
Schipul 346 photos, 62 members
Hurricane Ike 2008 3,614 photos, 375 members
Houston Cemeteries / Graveyards 252 photos, 67 members
Texas After Dark 3,512 photos, 332 members
Houston at night 2,471 photos, 297 members
Freedom Over Texas 24 photos, 7 members
Lebowski Houston 295 photos, 23 members
Houston Parks / Gardens 1,476 photos, 107 members
We Demand Donuts: Until 2013!! Keep the faith! 2,100 photos, 3,329 members
DiverseWorks 50 photos, 65 members
Obama Volunteer Corps 110 photos, 6 members
Caroline Collective 1,574 photos, 115 members
Bayou City Art Festival 513 photos, 96 members
Neon Texas 3,386 photos, 348 members
Celebrate the Cow 30,433 photos, 6,955 members
Nikon D200/D300 Users 306,011 photos, 11,886 members
Nikon D300 Users 495,634 photos, 16,462 members
Rodeo Houston 1,014 photos, 75 members
Flickr Turns 4 2,596 photos, 5,178 members
Neon Houston 1,882 photos, 222 members
Mardi Gras Galveston 668 photos, 44 members
Houston Dr. Sketchy 1,644 photos, 174 members
Caturday 386 photos, 61 members
Group 365ish 304 photos, 209 members
AvantGarden 511 photos, 24 members
Big Stretch (cats) 1,565 photos, 717 members
The Adventures of the GLOF & their DMCs! 138 photos, 15 members
Child Photography 218,243 photos, 17,404 members
CHILDREN'S PORTRAITS 541,267 photos, 44,225 members
Natural Light Child Photography 312,942 photos, 31,764 members
Dogs! Dogs! Dogs! 690,485 photos, 84,758 members
Houston Skylines 1,815 photos, 313 members
Houston Flickr Weekends 224 photos, 58 members
The Portrait Group 1,791,995 photos, 120,683 members
Other People's Dogs 4,724 photos, 410 members
Antique, Vintage, Classic Cars and Trucks 150,746 photos, 4,290 members
Epic Edits PhotoDump 42,935 photos, 1,899 members
Texas Renaissance Festival 10,417 photos, 570 members

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Testimonials (3)

astrocruzan says:

"intelligent and stylish vision are hallmarks of jeff's carefully considered images.
there is a sense of casual elegance and honesty in jeff's work that is terrifically engaging and satisfying.
i'm a fan."

18th March, 2007
slight clutter says:

"Jeff's photos are technically terrific, artistically blossoming, and never less-than-completely interesting. I think he's a hidden gem on Flickr, one just waiting to be discovered. I consider myself very lucky to have found him."

2nd March, 2007
eschipul says:

"First Jeff takesamazing photos. Second - he takes the time to contribute to the flickr and Houston communities in so many other ways. Including perhaps writing long flickr mail to help newbies when we got started. I nominate Jeff to be the official Houston Ambassador on flickr!"

24th February, 2007