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I love photography and I find myself becoming more and more interested in it all the time. I guess at this point my interest has really become a passion. I have no formal education or training in photography and most of what I know is self-taught. I continue to study photography by reading books and blogs as well as taking the time to look at the work of extremely talented photographers, both past and present.

Currently I find myself to be most interested in portrait photography — there’s something about photographing a person that I really enjoy. Within this genre some of my favorite types of portraiture are the traditional head and shoulders portrait, environmental portraits, window light or single light portraits, and nudes.

Besides photography, I also enjoy viewing and learning about other artist's work no matter what their medium is. I’m always listening music and I’m not sure how I could enjoy life without it. I ride my motorcycle when I get the chance and I love the feeling of accelerating out of a turn. I love surfing and spent most of my life surfing — I would be doing that a lot if I hadn’t moved so far away from a warm clean ocean. Good coffee is also something thoroughly enjoy.


Cameras Currently Owned

Apple iPhone 4
Canon 5D Mark II - 35mm Digital
Canon PowerShot A570 IS - Compact Digital

Canon P - 35mm Analog
Hasselblad 500 C/M - Medium Format Analog
Minolta Autocord - Medium Format Analog

Polaroid OneStep Close Up - Instant Camera
Fujifilm Instax 210 - Instant Camera

Ansco Pix Panorama - 35mm Point & Shoot

Cameras Previously Owned

Sony DSC-F707
Canon 20D
Canon 7D

Cameras used during employment at United Space Alliance

Nikon D100
Nikon D200
Nikon D300
Kodak DSLR - Unsure which model, however it used Nikon lenses.


Just to Let You Know...

Flickr Contact / Friend — If you add me as a Flickr contact or friend and I don't add you back, please don't take it personally. I already have more contacts that I'm able to keep up with at the moment. That being said, I really appreciate that you like my work enough to add me, thank you.

Groups — As with the Flickr contacts, I also belong to more groups that I can keep up with, however, if you have a group that you think I might be interested in, feel free to send me an invite via Flickr Mail.

One thing you should know is that I'm not into groups with "Awards" or groups where I'm forced to comment just because I post an image.

My Photographs Are Copyrighted — All photographs in my photostream are created by me unless otherwise noted. My photographs may not be reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without the written permission of James Jollay. Use of these images as the basis for another photographic concept or illustration (digital, artist rendering or alike) is a violation of the United States and International Copyright laws.

This means they are not allowed to be posted/used/displayed on other websites, blogs, printed media or digital media without my written permission. And they are not allowed to be modified or used for other works of art without my written permission.