I'm a 10 year service industry slave veteran. Spent better part of 5 years as a one hour photo lab tech, worked at 5 different labs, Gretag masterlabs and the newer Fuji mini-labs. Also did my time at Mcdonalds, a pet store, and Target.

After years of printing large orders for "photographers" and actually seeing the shit people were willing to pay $3000 for I decided I'd get a decent camera and have a go at it. I started with a d40x kit with a 55-200 from B&H and turned around and sold it a year later because it sucked.

Now I've got a better starting platform:

Canon 40D + grip

Canon 17-40L

Canon 70-200 F4L

Canon 580ii Flash

A pair of top end Hoya 77mm filters, a 77mm step up for the 70-200

*Sold*

28-135mm is

50mm 1.4

Anyways, I just moved to South Carolina. Lovely place, looking to do some walking and shooting. If your in the area let me know.