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I'm an amateur photographer. I love learning about photography and find Flickr an inspiring place to visit. I'll take pictures of just about anything that catches my interest. I enjoy being in the outdoors and find that nature photography helps me become more aware of my surroundings and more engaged in the moment.
For me the challenge of photography is to try to capture in just two visual dimensions something about the character and texture of the overall experience or event being photographed. The thrill comes when I accomplish that or when I see someone else do it.
I'm in the slow and expensive process of building my tool kit. My Nikon D80 was my first DSLR. I use the kit 18 - 135 mm lens that came with the camera, a couple of cheap but so far adequate Quantaray circular polarizer and ND 4 filters. Someday soon I want a wide-angel prime with at least f1.8 aperture. Eventually I'd like to try using Photoshop for curves, filters, better color control and to try HDR. I'd also like to try using graduated filters, as well. If I am ever able to overcome my fear of using film, I'd love to try shooting with a Holga, having been inspired by Natural Light Seeker's use of the toy camera.
Someday when I have time, I'll enter info on my interests, etc. here. For now, I'll just provide links to my Facebook page (tell me you're visiting from Flickr, so I know to add you as a friend):
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- Portraiture Photography 652,102 photos, 33,326 members
- Natural Light Child Photography 301,496 photos, 30,809 members
- The Portrait Group 1,677,619 photos, 116,387 members
- California Currents 1,790 photos, 115 members
- PUNIM (Paisajes,Urbanas,Nocturnas,IR,Macro) 1,387 photos, 84 members
- Nikkor 50mm 1.8 156,640 photos, 13,650 members
- Not a Pro - Amateur photographers for Wedding Photos, etc. 24 photos, 43 members
- -The Cafe- 445,089 photos, 22,174 members
- Haiku Photography 66 photos, 36 members
- Watsonville, California 170 photos, 23 members
- Boulder Creek, CA 115 photos, 24 members
- Northern California Coastline 1,433 photos, 111 members
- Northern California 56,124 photos, 1,642 members
- Northern California Photographers 59,038 photos, 1,868 members
- Palo Alto, California 1,501 photos, 212 members
- Lick Observatory 636 photos, 165 members
- Santa Cruz Photography 11,791 photos, 913 members
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space 874 photos, 78 members
- Point Lobos State Reserve 1,232 photos, 159 members
- Flickr's best images. 541 photos, 145 members
- From the Airplane Window 13,646 photos, 2,725 members
- Lake Tahoe 8,537 photos, 1,397 members
- South Lake Tahoe 831 photos, 95 members
- B&W Seascapes 3,030 photos, 471 members
- Sierra Nevada/ Yosemite Backpacking 941 photos, 97 members
- Sierra Nevada - Photographs from the Range of Light 6,936 photos, 486 members
- California's Central Valley 13,488 photos, 581 members
- Fog and Rain 157,253 photos, 31,643 members
- Santa Cruz, California 15,532 photos, 954 members
- Extreme Street Photography (ESP) 5,030 photos, 14,645 members
- Night Images 781,970 photos, 95,334 members
- Nikon D80 Users 556,505 photos, 23,374 members
- SubtleHDR 5,935 photos, 561 members
- My first DSLR 11,970 photos, 564 members
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- Name:
- Joe Shimpfky
- Joined:
- April 2008
- Currently:
- Santa Cruz, United States of America
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- Social worker











