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All my photos are copyright. All rights are reserved. Do not use, copy or edit any of my photographs without my written permission. If you want to use my photos, please contact me. Thanks a lot.

 

I've been a photographer for over 45 years. I started by borrowing my father's German 35 mm camera from the fifties which had nothing automatic about it at all. He suggested I keep notes of my exposure settings so that I would learn how to properly expose the film. I did, and I also used the guide on the side of the film boxes. My first camera was an Olympus 35SP rangefinder. After a couple of years I "graduated" to a Minolta srT-102 SLR with 3 prime lenses... 50/1.7, 35/2.8 and 135/2.8. That was all I had for several years but I was able to borrow additional lenses from time-to-time and gradually built up my own collection. Fast forward to the early auto focus days... Minolta changed their lens mount to accommodate auto focus but I couldn't afford to ditch my manual focus lenses so I ignored the auto focus trend. Next came digital cameras. My first digital camera was a Sony DSC H-1 with 5MP sensor. I still have it and it still works just fine. Now I have a Pentax K200D and a Pentax K-1 and an embarrassing number of lenses.

I take pictures mostly for my own interest and enjoyment but also for family get togethers and vacations. My favourite type of photography is macro. I also enjoy nature photography. Most challenging for me is photography of people, especially candid portraits. I would like to do street photography too.

 

I have had a deep Christian faith in God a little longer than I have been a photographer. I see the creative and sustaining hand of God in macro and nature photographs that I capture. I hope others see it too.

 

Thanks for visiting me on Flickr. Cheers!

Ian, aka f8shutterbug.

 

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