Let me start by saying something about user levels: I know that a lot of people use the "Family" level as a level above "Friends." I don't; I use Family to designate actual family members. If you add me as Family, please don't be offended that I don't add you back; also, if you use Family as a higher level and only add people who add you as Family, please understand why I won't be doing so, and take that into consideration.

If you are set as a Friend, you are going to see everything that is possible to see, other than a few photos marked Private and a handful that won't be interesting to anyone outside of my actual family. I personally would like to see Flickr adopt a different way of doing contact levels, but until then, this is what I do.

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I consider my self a "family photographer" for the most part, although I have sold a handful of pictures. I got my first DSLR in December 2006, and am learning more of how much I don't know every day.

Current equipment:

Canon Digital Rebel XT

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

Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Tamron SP AF28-75mm F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF)

Tokina AT-X 124 (12-24 f/4)

Canon SpeedLite 430EX

Canon Powershot A590 IS