I am a chemist, but not doing chemistry related work :P

2 star scuba diver, cat lover, volunteer lifeguard, +3 years amateur digital photographer.

I am living in a small-but-lovely city Degirmendere / Kocaeli / Turkey.

I'm an amatuer digital photography addict, I love this hobby, try to learn more and gain knowladge about digital photograpy techniques (post processing, Photoshop filters, etc.) every day. I am a member of several Photograph clubs & organisations, I often go photography tours to small villages, countrysides etc., with friends or with members of these clubs. I would love to talk about photography, digital post processing, photoshop techniques and share my knowladge as well as asking your's.

By the way.. I am a Fotokritik user.. You can find my portfolio here: bozo.fotokritik.com

Mostly I use Photoshop CS2 and picasa2 for post processing. I cant keep myself adjusting the colors of photos.. I like sharpness, saturated colors, silhouettes, Infrared photos and recently i love to take portraits of people..

My Equipment;

Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 MKII

Sigma AF 50mm f/2.8 EX Macro

Sigma AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO Macro

I am also a curios man that i try to make my own equipments such as self-made add-on macro lens (I bought a cheap magnifying glass at a marketplace, and used it with a metal in order to use it with my other lenses.

My future projects include;

- Self-made O shaped, continous LED light for macro photography.

- Self-made extension tube

- Self-made Infra Red only DSLR Camera (if i can find 2nd hand cheap Canon EOS 300D Rebel, i will take out its infrared filter and use it with my Hoya R72 IR pass filter)

You can contact with me by;

Msn: Hakan.g [at] web.de

Googletalk: Hakan.gokduman [at] gmail.com