"as a kid people would tell me you cant stop the world from turning now i laugh and say give me my camera"- Matt

 

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photography is like a drug with out the needle"-Matt

 

cold winter summer sun

 

A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there, even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity.

- Robert Doisneau

 

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"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer"

-Ansel Adams

 

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"You don't take a photograph, you make it"

-Ansel Adams

 

tower in the clouds

 

My camera is like a skeleton key. It gets me into places I couldn't get into without it.

- Richard Hurst

    

I shoot just for fun I love all types of photography, mostly old 35 mm all old minolta,s but i receently bought a minolta 5D and now just pict up a Minolta 7D which is the best.

 

My weapons are

 

sony A700 with the amvg grip

 

Lens:

17-35 Sigma ex dg f/2.8-4

18-50 Sigma dc-d f3.5-5.6

50mm macro Sigma.. Awsome lens

50mm Minolta f1.7

28-75 Minolta f2.8

28-300 Tamron f3.5-6.3

70-210 Minolta beer can f4

80-200 f2.8 hs apo g minolta

  

Manual focus lens [ have an adapter to auto focus mount] thanks to Angie

 

Hoda mf-af adapter

58mm mc rokkor minolta f1.2 yea its fast

28-70 Kiron macro f3.5-4.5

135mm Vuvitar f2.8

300mm f4 Aus jenna

750mm 5.6 Soligor

 

set of extension tubes

oc1000 remote

Manfroto tripod

Manfroto Ball head... great

 

But as for me almost all of my photos are shot in sourthren Wi i also shoot for a local newspaper, it is a lot of fun and keeps me very busy on the weekends any one has any questons on my photos please ask. Black and white is were my passsion is i love the texture and the tones black and white seems too let you realy see the pictures with out color geting in the way.

 

" Beauty is every were all you need is a camera "---Matt

 

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Matt was one of the first people to make contact with me. After years of being out of the photography loop I picked my camera up again and Matt has been there with all kinds of great advice and encouragement. He takes fantastic photos and does it without any editing. In a time when most people manipulate photos this g… Read more

Matt was one of the first people to make contact with me. After years of being out of the photography loop I picked my camera up again and Matt has been there with all kinds of great advice and encouragement. He takes fantastic photos and does it without any editing. In a time when most people manipulate photos this guy shows you can turn out great work without photoshop.

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July 4, 2008

a_zpictures is a very interesting guy. When you first meet him most people think what kind of picture can he take with that equipment. But i must tell you that his work has gotten him a long ways from when he began. a_z can pull a picture out of nothing and make it a masterpiece. I really feel that he is talented and … Read more

a_zpictures is a very interesting guy. When you first meet him most people think what kind of picture can he take with that equipment. But i must tell you that his work has gotten him a long ways from when he began. a_z can pull a picture out of nothing and make it a masterpiece. I really feel that he is talented and he is going to go far with photography if he keeps up the good work. minolta girl

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October 9, 2007