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I am an eclectic male that is by the way over the age of 18 (OK, I am in my mid 40's , are you all happy now) that loves exploring life to the fullest. I consider myself very open and unshockable and have my fingers in so many things that I label myself an extreme fetishist of life. I have a fetish fetish! I have never been one to follow the conventional path in life as there is too many exciting things to see and do. At a young age, I knew that I saw things differently than most and I have always pride myself on that. My question is this, what if I am the normal one and the rest of the general populace is the abnormal?

I have many, many personalities and they all like to play and yes, sometimes all at once. I try to do my artistic thing by crafting jewelry and making art from what I find in nature and of course what i find in the bargain bins of the local stores. Be it bones and rusty nuts to satin fabric and sequins, I like making things. And now I have become totally taken over by photography that my photos are everything. In fact taking pictures has open my eyes to all the little detail that I have been blind too. It is amazing as I try to put to pictures what I see in my head.

I am also an avid geocacher, a collector of the bizarre and twisted, a 4X4 mud churning, rock eating maniac, a soulful musician, a gazer of the stars and a teller of tall tales. I'm very spiritual and a practicing Pagan, a shopper of lost items, a frustrated artist at most and a man that now owns a camera. Welcome to my world of Insanity!

About my photography----Photography has really gotten a hold of me and it seems now where ever I go, I want to take pictures. It seems I am never without a camera in my hands or one that is close or nearby. I love all sorts of photography from landscape and architecture to portraits and macro and everyday I am learning something new. I am not afraid to experiment and get out of my comfort zone to say the least. I do have to say that my main interest it seems right now is to try to tell a story or show a mood, and the darker the tale the better it is. I have always loved a good horror story or a frightening tale but not necessarily dealing with beasts in your face. I like that type that makes you think about your own fears and discomforts and just gives you enough of that tingle to trigger that response that says something isn't quite right here. Maybe it is a headless doll you find out in the woods, hanging from a tree where no one is around or something seedy found in a dark alley as you take a short cut because you are running late, seeing something you were told never to do but you stop to look. Visions of post apocolyptic worlds and nature retaking what was once man. Those are the things I like to set up and shoot. No I am not into blood and guts or total carnage, just those murky, sublime, esoteric, the darker side of life moods.

Equipment used:

Camera Bodies:

Canon EOS 50D - with Battery Grip
Canon EOS Rebel XSi - with Battery Grip


Lenses:

Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II
Canon EF 70-210mm f/4
Canon EF 35-80mm f/4-5.6
Canon EF 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6
Canon EF 28-105mm f/4-5.6 USM
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Lensbaby Muse - with Tele & Wide Lens kit & Aperature kit
Sigma DC 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 HSM OS
Tamron SP 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 TELE-MACRO LD Di
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical

Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 (Canon FD mount)
Craigs Optics MC 28-70mm f/3.9-4.8 (K mount)
Gemini MC 28mm f2.8 (Canon FD mount)
Mamiya/Sekor Auto 50mm f/2 (M42 mount)
Mamiya/Sekor Auto 55mm f/1.8 (M42 mount)
Rokinon Automatic 135mm f/2.8 (Canon FD mount)
Soligor Wide-Auto 28mm f/2.8 (M42 mount)
Soligor Tele-Auto 135mm f/2.8 (M42 mount)
Soligor Tele-Auto 135mm f/3.5 (Nikon mount)
Vivitar Auto Telephoto 200mm f/3.5 (M42 mount)


Flashes:
Phoenix PZ139C SmartFlash


Tripods/Monopods:
Slik 300 Tripod
Giottos MM 55 Monopod

Misc:
Canon Extension Tube EF25
Ebay "James Bond" wireless remote
Tamrac Velocity 7X
Tamrac Velocity 8X
Tamrac Velocity 10X
Tamrac Cyberpack 6






I will also warn those that enjoy life in normalacy and the taste of vanilla ice cream over lime kiwi sherbert...I have adult groups in my group list so if you are offended in any way, please do not go past the line here. You have been warned. But your going to look anyway so don't be shocked, mad or disgusted.