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Hey I'm Michael and I'm 21 and I currently work as a Volunteer with V8 Supercars as a Photographer/Supervisor

Several years ago I was diagnosed with PDD-NOS (Pervasive Development Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified) which is part of the Autism spectrum which has made schooling just a little difficult through the years, to say the least. I have lived in many different places including Telarah, Medowie, Parklea and Marayong (Sydney). and my passion is photography and computers. I have been (Rediagnosed with Asperger Syndrome)

I own, a Canon EOS 1000D, 1100D, a Canon Powershot S5IS and my iPhone 4

I have been the school photographer for Mitchell High in Sydney and Irrawang High in Raymond Terrace.

I was working as a volunteer and assisting with Tromac Photography with any work they had but they had to close down and was also working full time as an assistant with Mr Filmer as well.

My interest in photography started in year 6 at Maitland Public School when I was asked to take photos around the school for the kindy students orientation booklet. This interest continued into Rutherford High, expanding into video production. When my family moved to Medowie, and I started attending Irrawang High. The teachers were very supportive of me continuing to take photos of the different activities during the year including Star Struck, Battle of the Bands, year assemblies, excursions and the best of all was being invited back in Year 10 to the formal as the official school based photographer.

My greatest interest is macro photography, especially spiders, however I am developing an interest in Night photography.