Update: If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you have the opportunity to rent much of photography equipment on Sharegrid. You need to join Sharegrid and rent through the website, as I do not rent to individuals directly. You can find my rental listings at:

www.sharegrid.com/p/douglas_bawden

 

Hi, and welcome to my place on flickr. Here you will find a bit of a mix of photos from me...some are serious shots that I have taken, as I do photography on a freelance basis. The other shots that you will see are a bit of things from here and a bit of things from there. Some are taken with a simple point and shoot (a few with a cell phone), while some are taken with a large format film camera, and some are taken with cameras somewhere in the middle.

 

In case you can't tell by viewing my images, the main focus of my professional career is as a helicopter pilot. I've been an airplane pilot since the age of seventeen and added helicopters to my resume some eight years later. I retired from the military after spending a total of twenty-three years in uniform with eighteen years in the Air National Guard, and the last five with the Air Force Reserves. I had a bit of a varied career and spent the first five years enlisted working on the F-106 Delta Dart. After receiving my commission, I attended Undergraduate Navigator Training and was a Weapons Systems Officer on the F-4 Phantom. From there I went to Undergraduate Pilot Training-Helicopter and initially flew the HH-3E Jolly Green Giant, and followed that up with the HH-60G PaveHawk.

 

After retiring from the Reserves in 2002, I owned a helicopter business for a period of time. I then spent time flying for two companies in the Gulf of Mexico in support of the oil and natural gas industry. From there, I went on to what I love doing and that is flying medivac helicopters.

 

Currently I am taking a break from aviation after the helicopter I was flying had a catastrophic engine failure while on a night flight with a patient onboard. I got the bird on the ground without putting a scratch on it. In fact, it was back in the air within a week after receiving a new engine. I however, was left with the need for a bit of a break from flying. I am NOT enjoying the break and am looking forward to getting back in the air!

 

Besides my love of flying, I have been involved with photography for most of my life and use a variety of equipment. While I am a diehard Canonite and have been for the past 25 years, I have a fondness for Mamiya medium format equipment as well as Toyo large format cameras. Below is a list of my current equipment:

 

SLR Camera Equipment:

Canon EOS 5D MkIV w/BG-E20

Canon EOS 6D w/BG-E13

Canon EOS 1D X

Canon EOS 1D MkIV

Canon EOS-1V HS w/PB-E2

Canon EOS-1N HS w/PDB-E2

Canon EOS 7D MkII w/BG-E16

Canon EOS 7D w/BG-E7

Canon EOS 40D w/BG-E2N

Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM

Canon EF 20-35mm f/2.8L

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM

Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sport

Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM

Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

Canon Extender EF 1.4x

Canon Extender EF 1.4x III

Canon Extender EF 2x III

Sigma Teleconverter TC-1401

Polaroid Pathfinder Model 110 Folding Rangefinder Camera

Polaroid Pathfinder BC Camera Flash No. 221

Topcon UNI

Topcor 35mm f/3.5

Topcor 53mm f/2.0

Topcor 100mm f/4.0

Kenko Auto Teleplus 2x

Celestron Advanced C6-SGT w/iOptron iEQ45 mount and tripod

 

35mm Rangefinder Equipment:

Canon AF35M w/38mm f/2.8

Canon AF35ML w/40mm f/1.9

Auxiliary Wide Angle Lens for AF35ML

Auxiliary Telephoto Lens for AF35ML

 

Medium Format Equipment:

2x Mamiya 645 Pro TL w/AE Prism Finder

Mamiya-Sekor 645 150mm f/2.8 A

Mamiya-Sekor 645 150mm f/3.5 N

2x Mamiya-Sekor 645 80mm f/1.9 N

Mamiya-Sekor 645 80mm f/2.8 N

Mamiya-Sekor 645 45mm f/2.8

Mamiya C220f Professional

Mamiya-Sekor 55mm f/4.5 w/Seiko #0 Shutter

Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 S 'Blue Dot' w/Seiko #0 Shutter

Mamiya-Sekor 135mm f/4.5 w/Seiko #0 Shutter

Mamiya CdS Porrofinder

Yashica Mat-124G w/Yashinon 80mm f/3.5 w/Copal-SV Shutter

Kodak Duaflex w/Kodet Lens

 

Large Format Equipment:

Toyo Field 45CF

Rodenstock 150mm f/5.6 Sironar-N MC w/Copal #0 Shutter

Fujinon 90mm f/8.0 SW w/Seiko #0 Shutter

 

Lightmeter:

Gossen Lunasix 3 w/Spot Attachment

 

I also have studio lighting and a couple of Speedlites along with various modifiers for both, including softboxes, umbrellas, snoots, grids, etc. I use both radio triggers and a Canon ST-E2 to fire them. For film scanning, I have an Epson V750-M Pro. For post production, I use a variety of software that includes Photoshop CC and Portrait Professional Studio. I also use various versions of Mastin Labs film emulation software.

 

I have a Canon A570 IS that I absolutely love. It usually sits in the cockpit with me and you'll find that the majority of my EMS photographs were taken with this camera.

 

All images are © Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.

 

Enjoy my photos and please feel free to comment. The only thing that I ask is no large, flashy graphics in the comments.

 

Thanks...Doug