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"It's important to take bad pictures. It's the bad ones that have to do with what you've never done before. They can make you recognize something you hadn't seen in a way that will make you recognize it when you see it again." Diane Arbus



I'm an exterminator who loves photography. My favorites in no particular order are, Bruce Weber, Helmut Newton, Terry Richardson, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sante D'Orazio, Ryan McGinley, Ellen Von Unwerth, Mario Testino, Marc Baptiste, Alec Soth, Stephen Shore, Todd Hido, Nadav Kandar and some more. The equipment I use is,
Cameras-
Canon 5d
Canon Rebel XTi (400)
Canon Elan II
Leica Clux-1
Rolleiflex TLR 3.5 (rarley) :(
Lens-
Canon 24mm 1.4L
Canon 50mm 1.8II
Canon 17-40 f4L
Canon 24-70 2.8L
Flash-
430EX Speedlite
Alien Bees strobes B400 & B800
Alien Bees giant softbox, shoot through & reflect umbrellas
Alien Bees transmitters
Sekonic L358 light meter
and other accessories, some filters, tripods, CF cards etc.

I love to take pictures of everything and anything that interests me. I always try to have my camera with me. Wether its my Leica or just my camera phone, I always need to have something to shoot with. I've never taken any "classes" for photography, just in high school, which is where I got the bug. I would just go to my library, (before the internet), and read books on everyone from Stieglitz to Irving Penn to Walker to Adams to Weegee. Photography just became my love. I'm so glad we now live in an age where you can take a shot, be your own editor, then be your own printer and have it framed by the afternoon on your wall. Ain't digital awesome??!!! I still love my Rollei and the images can't be touched but I love the instant gratification of digital photography. Well, my theory is just keep shooting and learning. There's so much to learn, especially from all the great photogs on here. Thanks for reading and keep shooting!!