I've always tried to see things a little differently. Photography has always been my passion and allows me to show people the world that I see. And it allows me to show the world the people that I see.

I am really a portraitist trapped in a world of lens flare, Dutch tilt and shallow depth of field. I want to capture the person that I'm shooting when they not being the person that they think the camera should see. It's in those fleeting moments when I believe the true person is revealed.

Lately I've become more of a film shooter. I went back to film after several years of shooting digital. I felt like I needed to hone some skills I felt were getting dull and under used as a digital shooter. I started shooting medium format and found that I love it! Now I shoot my Mamiyas when I want portraits and 35mm when I shoot on the street.

California born and bred, I moved to Rochester, NY in 1999.

Digital equipment:
Canon EOS 50D
Canon EOS 20D
Sigma EF 17-35mm zoom
Canon EF 50 1.4
Sigma EF 105mm Macro
Canon EF 20-35mm zoom
Canon EF 28-135mm zoom
Canon EF 100-300mm zoom
Canon 430EX flash
and many little gadgets to make them all work together!

Film equipment:
Mamiya RB67 (the Beast)
90mm f3.8 lens
180mm f4.5 lens
Mamiya C330 (referred to as the mistress or my mid-life crisis. Cheaper than a Porsche and easier to deal with than a mistress.)
55mm f3.5 lens
80mm f2.8 lens
105mm f3.5 DS lens
180mm f4.5 lens
Minolta SRT201
Rokkor 28mm f2.8 lens
Rokkor 50mm f1.7 lens
Rokkor 135mm f2.8 lens
Sigma 35-70 f2.8-4 lens
Canon Original F-1
Canon New F-1
Canon FD 50mm f1.4 lens
Canon FD 135mm f2.8 lens
Kiron 28mm f2 lens
Tokina 24mm f2.8 lens
Tokina 35-105mm f3.5 lens
Canon EOS A2 camera body
Canon EOS 10s camera body

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Name:
Joe Sotelo
Joined:
August 2005
Hometown:
Ventura, CA
Currently:
Rochester, NY, USA
I am:
Male and Taken
Website:
Just Joe Photo