I'm a left-handed reporter from Chicago. I drink way too much coffee. It's a good life.

By the way, my photos are all copyrighted. If you want to use my photos, that's cool, but let folks know where you got them. If you know my full name, use that. If not, just link to my Flickr page. Thanks.

Quick equipment rundown:

Olympus Evolt E-510 body

Olympus Zuiko 14-42mm lens

Olympus Zuiko 40-150mm long lens

Olympus Zuiko 70-300mm super-long lens

ProMaster 5550DX bounce flash

Canon PowerShot SX230 HS - my trusty point and shoot

Toshiba 1-gig CF card

SanDisk 512-meg CF card