I've become a compulsive experimenter: Homemade (DIY) lenses in particular, but also infrared photography, astrophotography, very long exposure, tilt-shift, pinhole, in-camera textures, light painting, camera movement, physiograms, Photoshop effects, and even some lensless photography. There's just not enough time.

Your feedback on my images is very important to me. Please tell me what you think works, and just as importantly, please tell me what you think does not work. Please tell me if you think I'm doing something interesting. Or don't be afraid to say, "This is the same old thing. It's time to move on, John."

But it's not all about my work. If you're doing something out of the ordinary, lead me to it.

Although it's definitely not about the gear, I suppose this is the place to list the inventory:

Large Format

Kodak Master View Camera (4 x 5)

Homemade 8 x 10 / 4 x 5

Bodies (medium format)

Graflex Pacemaker 23 Speed Graphic (6 x 9 on 120 film)

Pentacon six (6 x 6 on 120 film)

Bodies (35mm)

Nikon F3

Nikon F

Nikon FE2 (it just never fails me)

Bodies (digital -- crop-sensor)

Nikon D80 (got it off Craiglist from an ad for a broken camera. Fixed it.)

Nikon D90 (converted it to full-specrum)

Nikon D100 (purchased for infrared photography)

Canon EOS digital rebel XT (used for testing my Canon-mount tilt lenses)

Bodies (digital -- mirrorless)

Sony Nex-6 (super short flange-to-focal-plane distance)

Bodies (digital -- full-frame)

Nikon D600 (finally! full-frame digital)

Lenses -- crop-sensor

Nikkor 18-55 mm f/ 3.5-5.6G VR (very rarely used.)

Nikkor 18-105 mm f/ 3.5-5.6G ED (got it broken. Fixed it.)

Lenses -- full-frame

Nikkor 24-85 mm f/ 3.5-4.5G ED

Vivitar 17-28 mm f/ 4.0-4.5 (wide, full-frame, manual focus zoom.)

Vivitar 19 mm f/ 3.8 (not super sharp, but decent. Also, it will focus to about 6 inches.)

Nikkor 24 mm f/ 2.8 AI (if I was allowed to have only one of my lenses, this would be it.)

Nikkor 28 mm f/ 3.5 (H) (Hack-job AI conversion. I haven't used it much yet.)

Nikkor 35 mm f/ 2 AI

Nikkor 50 mm f/ 1.4 AI (not as sharp as I would like, but when I need f/ 1.4, this is it.)

Nikkor 50 mm f/ 1.8 AIS (small, light, convenient)

Nikkor 50 mm f/ 2 AI (great lens)

Nikkor 55 mm f/ 2.8 micro (the macro lens)

Nikkor 85 mm f/ 2 AIS (soft wide open, sharp at f/ 4)

Elicar 90 mm f/ 2.5 AIS macro (the other macro lens. will do 1:1 without added extension)

Nikkor 105 mm f/ 2.5 AIS (I love this lens. 2nd favorite right behind the 24.)

Nikkor 135 mm f/ 2.8 (another excellent lens)

Quantaray 300 mm f/ 5.6 mirror lens (convenient for taking bird photos while hiking.)

Sigma 600 mm f/ 8 mirror lens (when I need 600 mm which isn't very often.)

Celestron C5 1250 mm f/ 10 mirror lens (technically a telescope.)

Celestron C6 1500 mm f/ 10 mirror lens (also a telescope.)

Optical accessories

Nikkor Tc-200 2x converter

JC Penny 2x converter (yup, that's right, JC Penny!)

Sears 2x converter (I'm not kidding!)

Digital Visions .5x (very poor optics, but occasionally it has its uses)

Tilt lenses (LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO BUILD ONE FOR YOU)

178 mm f/ 2.5 Aero Ektar (Makes a monster of a tilt lens on a DSLR)

65 mm f/ 2.8 hacked from a Sigma 28-70 (The Rocker) sold to dhowsley

I've completed a replacement, made from an identical Vivitar lens

42 mm f/ 4 hacked from a Tokina 28-70 (The Odd Duck)

33 mm f/ 4 hacked from a 28-50 (The Batlens)

28 mm f/ 2.8 hacked from a Tokina 28 (The Li'l Rubber Ducky)

sold it -- see replacement below

55 mm f/ 1.8 made from a Fujinon m42 mount lens (Gonzales, as in Speedy)

24 mm f/ 4 made from a Vivitar 17 - 28 (the Magic Eye)

2x 28/2.8 (pure joy, times two)

Homemade lenses

Far too many to list. Here are a few...

I generally piece together my lenses from elements mounted in filter rings. This gives me the ability to quickly put together a combination, use it for a while, and then recycle the parts for another project. See my DIY camera lens tutorials for more details.

Strobes

Nikon SB-10

Vivitar 285

Vivitar 285HV

Sunpack auto30DX

Sunpack auto422D

Chinon S-250

Misc

3 sets of bellows

2 sets of extension rings

ML-L3 remote

MC-DC1 remote

3 tripods, a monopod, and a mini tripod

one very understanding wife.