I've been shooting digital for over 12 years, starting with a Canon Powershot A70 in July 2003. In February 2006 I made the switch to Nikon and got my first DSLR, a D50. On August 8th, 2008, I upgraded to a Nikon D300. After 5-½ years with the D300, I found that I was beginning to lose interest in photography, as "getting out the camera and lenses" and "lugging around the camera and lenses" was becoming a chore. In February 2014 I decided to get into the Fuji X Series compact series cameras and am having a photography epiphany!

I enjoy traveling, vacationing with my family, beaches, sun, nature, cooking, all things Disney, and my church. I like to shoot nature, architecture, my family, travel photography and have also dabbled in concert photography.

I live in the Midwest and have been here since 1997, although we want to relocate to sunny Florida in the next 5-7 years.

GEAR

Fujifilm XF mount

Fujifilm X-E1 (current body used most of the time)

Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

Fujifilm XF 27mm f/2.8

Nikon mount

Nikon D300 (only brought out for long lens situations)

Nikon D50 (on loan to my 14 year old daughter, who has shown an interest in photography)

Sigma 10-20mm EX f/4-5.6 DC HSM

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM (on the D50)

Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 AF-S VR

Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D

Nikon 35mm f/1.8G DX

Phoenix 100mm f/3.5 macro AI-S (plastic fantastic)

Other Equipment

SB-600 Nikon flash

Benro KS-2 ballhead

Benro M-257n6 carbon fiber tripod

52mm close-up filters (for the 50mm)

Miscellaneous ND grads, polarizers,etc.

Processing

Photomechanic

Nikon Capture NX2

Adobe CS 5.5

Iridient Developer

Gavin Seim Preset packs

Aperture 3 (now my primary workflow and editing program)

Apple 24" Intel 2.8 gHz Core 2 Duo iMac / 6GB RAM / 2.2TB 'Home Grown' Fusion Drive / 1TB external LaCie FW800 drive

I'm a computer geek and OK with that....

Between traveling for my job and with my family, I've been to 42 of the 50 U.S. states.