thepretenda's photostream  

Like a cup of winter coffee, I cause burns like boiling water. Calculating and methodical, my photos meander through all aspects of everyday life. Who are the stars? Everyone I meet.

update: 11/07/2011
My Pentax K20D has shot over 112,957 photos. It has been a true workhorse and more for me. It has been responsible for shooting all my weddings (except my first!) and being my most dependable camera. At the centre of my Pentax K20d is a core of hard work, sweat and plenty of running around for that "best shot" - every photo has been another happy memory either for myself or my clients! But business and fun have paid off very well, so I've now included a NIKON D700 to my camera family! I've matched it with a 24-70 f/2.8G lens and the performance is on that next level of photographic enlightenment! I love doing what I do and I've been blessed incredible enthusiasm and a keen eye for remarkable timing! I will continue to support FlickR with the best photos!


update: 23/05/2009
My photo operations have shifted up a gear. I've bought the Pentax K20d and have several weddings booked. I'm so excited because this is what I love doing - taking the best photos. This k20d rocks!

update:10/04/2009
The Pentax K100d has taken over 60,000 images. The K100d has been a true workhorse and faithfully been at my side for some of the most amazing images I've ever seen. I've launched very quietly my own photography business and through my extensive contacts won a promising set of events. From birthdays, to Masses, I'm there!. I'm still amazed at the FlickR quality of the community and will renew membership for the max 2 year period soon! FlickR ON!

update: 16/06/2007
My Ricoh R1V broke down in April, after shooting 26,000 photos! In June I puchased my first digital SLR, a Pentax K100D. Two weeks later, I'd buy a $100 Ricoh Caplio GX. A new era has begun.

update 27/10/2006
I'm slowly finding out that more of my friends are printing out my photos for their personal albums, wallets and folders. That's a really nice compliment without any words.

update 17/05/2006
My Ricoh R1V is going very well, I took my 13,000th photo with it during the month. It's techinical performance vs size weight still astounds me.

update: 04/08/2005
Last month I dropped my KODAK DX3215 for the first time. Unlucky for me, I would never be able to drop it again - the focus mechanism, broke. But the good news is that I've been searching for a camera to last 5+ years AND I'VE FOUND IT!! I bought myself a 5MP RICOH CAPILO R1V with a 512mb SD card. I had been searching through specifications between many cameras with price and features criteria and this is the best for me. Check out my photos now - I'm on FIRE!! but before you run off and start loading my pics, I just want to take this time out to thank the Flickr community for stopping by and leaving comments while I was inactive on Flickr: thanks!

update: 04/04/2005
My friends' sponsored me with a pro account for my birthday and now I feel is the time to acknowledge that here: thanks to FNET contributors, for helping me along my way. Thanks heaps for this pro account - I won't let you guys down!!

update: 08/12/2004
armed with only a simple KODAK DX3215 with only 8mb (!!!) I take pics of the everyday lives of friends and strangers. I've been taking pics for about 7 years now and I have a massive personal gallery of more than 10,000 digital pics and 400 prints. Is taking a photograph addictive?- I think I'm too biased to answer.

I administer some groups on FlickR namely,
the Glebe Thinking pool, the W I D E S C R E E N pool, dedicated to patched digital photos and the University of Western Sydney pool for university life at UWS.

thepretenda's flickr score: 4582

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