Hi Flickrers,

My name is David (you can call me Dav - not Dave!).

I am originally from Bordeaux, South Western France, moved to different parts of the hexagon before meeting my wife in Lyon then move to Solihull, England.

My daily commutes take me to Birminghan where I work for a distribution company as a General Manager. I am passionate about technology and photography.

I am still in the process of deciding what style I want to go for. I guess time will tell. I'm having a great deal of fun learning though!

My kit so far:

Canon 500D

Canon 6D

Canon EF-S 18-55 mm f3.5-5.6 IS

Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM

Canon EF 100mm f2.8 USM Macro

Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM

Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM Mk II

Manfrotto 055CXPRO3 carbon fibre tripod

Giottos MH1301 (ball head) with the MH652 mounting plate

KATA bag 3N1-30

Cokin filter system with a soft ND8 grad filter, ND2, ND4 and ND8.

58mm B+W Circular polarizer

77mm Hoya Circular polarizer

Jessops 360AFDC flash (very similar to the Canon Speedlite 430EX II but a fraction of the cost) with its off camera cable

Cable release

Remote trigger

My software:

Adobe Master collection CS6

Adobe Lightroom 4

Photomatix Pro 3

Silver Efex Pro2

Thanks for looking around and please DO comment as I found it helps me a great deal to know where I have gone wrong and how to improve. If you think it is rubbish, let me know, I welcome constructive criticism.

All the best

Dav