You don't have to live forever, you just have to live!

When my Ricoh RDC-7 gave up on me I really started missing my camera.

After being in India workrelated for 5 weeks (without having a camera!) at the end of 2004 I have bought a new camera (Canon 20D) in January 2005.

I have taken up photography more seriously since then, taking 2 courses on photography with the Photo academy in Amsterdam. Currently doing a higher vocational education in Photography (also at the photo academy).

My gear:

Canon 5D mark II

Canon 60D

Canon 24mm 1.4 L USM II

Canon 100-400 L IS USM

Canon 70-200 2.8 L IS II USM

Tamron 90 mm 2.8 SP Di (macro)

Canon speedlite 550EX

Canon MR-14EX Macro Ring Lite

Gitzo Carbon 6x tripod

Gitzo Basalt 2830

Really Right Ballhead

B+W Slim Circular polariser

B+W 106 ND 1,8-6 BL

B+W Infrared filter

Cokin holder and gradual ND filters

LowePro Microtrekker 200, you can't believe how much you can fit into this small bag!! But sometimes it's not large enough.. so also a LowePro Computrekker

For storage:

3 times 16 GB

Apple MacBook Pro

Appl MacBook Air

WD 1TB Passport.... twice by now

Epson 2880

My message to everyone here: keep taking those gorgious pictures and posting them to Flickr so the rest of the world can see them!

p.s. I've got the Flickritus so I can be reached via Astrid@Flickritus.net

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