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I'm an Intern Architect in Western NY. 34 y.o. I used to do some photography in school but quit for a while and now am in a type of Renaissance in my photography again. Must be the digital effect.

I'm obviously the artistic type but my real passion is listening to music on my HI-Fi. I have over 1150 cd's and listen to just about everything.
I tend to NOT shoot people and obviously love architecture as a subject. I seem to end up shooting in cemeteries too; I guess they lend themselves to B&W. I love B&W too. It's one thing to impress people with a great picture of colorful flowers or street markets but B&W is where it's at. I used to love drawing in lead so I gained a sense of seeing the world through B&W pictures. I love it. Outside of my world, I love Chicago, Ottawa, Toronto and found Pittsburgh to be a much cooler city than I would have expected.
P.S.- I'm not a huge fan of HDR's. I like trying to take the picture correctly the first time (eventhough that's difficult).

My gear:
-Canon EOS-1 Mark II
-Canon 350 Rebel Xt
-Canon S90
-Minolta Z1 (point & shoot I keep for fun)
-Miranda film camera (old from my dad, I used in college)
-Pentax Spotmatic film camera (old- great shape- never use)


-Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
-Canon 50/1.8 (made in Japan)
-Tamron 17-35 2.8-4 Di LD
-Tamron 75-300/4-5.6
-M42 mount adapter
-Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Oreston 50/1.8 (German)
-Focal MC Auto 28/2.8
-Asahi Opt. Co. Super-Takumar 50/1.4 (Now this is a lens, baby)
-Asahi Opt. Co. Super-Takumar 135/3.5

-Hoya IR72 filter
-Various Cokin graduated filters