Modern day mystic.

Old-fashioned cynic.

I look for the magic in the ordinary.

When given the option, I tend to shoot interesting patches of light or colour, rather than concentrating on objects. That's what turns my propeller. Your tastes may vary.

Sometimes I have a definite theme in mind when I take a picture, but I will not allude to it, save for perhaps a hint in the title. It's fun to see who gets it right away. A kindred spirit is found.

I tend to be obsessive about all of my projects and sometimes this can leave me absent from Flickr for weeks or sometimes months. I usually return refreshed and full of ideas.

I enjoy post-processing.

In the words of Ansel Adams:

"The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance."

That just about sums it up for me. Sometimes I will do wildly different takes on a photo and then upload the one that suits my mood at the moment.

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Technical:

I shoot with a Pentax K10D. My lenses include:

Pentax SMC Takumar 1:3.5 28mm

Pentax SMC FA 1:1.4 50mm

Pentax SMC Macro-Takumar 1:4 100mm

Pentax SMC FA 1:4.5-5.6 80-320mm

Pentax SMC FA 1:3.5-5.6 18-55mm

and last but not least

Leica Summicron-R 1:2 90mm

Other cameras:

Canon S2IS Powershot

Lighting: Pentax AF-360FGZ, Gary Fong Lightsphere

All of my photos use the sRGB colour space.

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June 24, 2010.

Because it's too awkward for many of you to ask: yes, the cancer has spread and it is no longer curable. But I still look forward to your comments on my photos. So don't be bashful :)