40 something English language teacher, translator, blogger, etc who is learning to create images.

I run the italychronicles.com news/lifestyle blog which is all about Italy - the good, the bad and the ugly.

From the UK, but have been in Italy for many years, and I speak Italian quite well.

I love photography, which is quite possibly the best kind of hobby a technology nut like me can have.

Night/low light photography is a particular interest of mine. And I like the idea of both on and off-camera flash. I have a decent tripod, and when I have the time, I wander off to find things to shoot.

What do I use?

Cameras:

A Canon EOS 7d (was a 40d)

A Fujifilm X-100

A Samsung Ex1 - my go everywhere camera

Lenses

Canon f/1.4 50 (favorite lens)

A Tamron f/2.8 28-75 lens

A Tokina f/4.0 12-24 lens

A Canon f/4.0-5.6 70-300 IS USM lens

Gear

A Metz 58 Af1flash

A Canon 580ex11 flash

A Manfrotto tripod and head

UV and circular polarising filters

Shooting modes

AV, TV, and manual.

Number of years using a camera - many - but it is only from April 2007 that I started to learn and think more about photography.

Skill level

Intermediate.