About jsarcadia  

After nearly three years on Flickr I think I can say my photography skills have improved a fair bit. I began with a Canon 400D but think I really began to take photography seriously (as much as I take anything seriously) when I upgraded to the 5D. My standard lens is the Canon 28-135mm but more and more I find myself using the Canon EF 100m 1:2.8 macro lens. It's a beautiful piece of glass and has certainly fuelled my recent obsessions with macro and shallow dof photography.
I'm not averse to undertaking the odd project and have completed two 365s and several 30 day projects. These are mostly for my own amusement, but I hope other people can enjoy them as well.
I've learnt an awful lot here on flickr, mostly from my contacts but also from general browsing. I sincerely hope that Yahoo corporateness doesn't bugger it up.

Outside of photography my main interests are music and reading. There are a lot of music inspired photos in my stream. My listening tastes are pretty varied but my main obsessions are Led Zeppelin and The Cure.
I'll read pretty much anything but my favourite genres are fantasy and historical fiction.
My political inclinations are way left of centre.
I try to be a tolerant person but am instantly put off by fanatics and zealots of any persuasion. Any sort of chest-thumping, flag-waving patriotism leaves me cold.
I have no religious beliefs. I don't particularly care what other people believe as long as they keep it to themselves.

Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia.