Photography then.. On a family holiday to europe when I was 13, in Hungary I bought a Russian 35mm camera with manual lens and separate viewfinder, and the year after, back home during school holidays I went to a B&W Photography course, taking photo's, developing the film, making prints and trying some trick photography.

 

After a long break from photography (11 years) I bought a Canon IXUS 400, working within the bounds of a P&S but always experimenting.. Drunkely fell on the 400 and upgraded to a IXUS 500, then 50 (which I lost) then 55 which I still use sometimes for parties/snaps/movies.

 

Now I shoot mostly with my dSLR. Previously owned a Canon EOS 300D and grew into the camera, learning the manual functions and metering modes. I purchased an EFS 17-85 IS lens and the awesome Nifty Fifty 50mm f/1.8 Prime lens. I sold off the 300D with the kit lens and some other accessories, and have just recently bought the 400D which is at least three times faster for menu functions/review/zoom and the buffer size holds up to 27 images, as opposed to the measly 4 from the 300D. Sold the 400D camera with the EFS17-85 lens and bought a 40D and EF24-105, Sigma 10-20, Sigma 30mm, Canon 85mm and some other fun lenses.

 

I mostly shoot travel, street and night photo's, but also occasionally shoot gigs for my friends bands (Stereo Dance Party + High Maintainance) as practice for low-light and gig photography, which would be nice to be more involved in.

 

My gear at present:

- Canon 40D --- I bought the 40D and kept my liver!

- Canon BG-E2 grip

- Canon 24-105mm IS L USM (i finally bought it!!)

- Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 USM

- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 Prime

- Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 Prime (it's beautiful)

- Sigma 10-20mm Ultra Wide Angle

- Sigma 30mm f/1.4 Prime

- Lensbaby Tilt-Shift lens

- 50mm Reverse Macro filter lens attatchment

- Extension tubes

- Canon IXUS 75 w/ 1Gb Kingston SD

- Vellbon tripod

- SanDisk Extreme III 4GB

- SanDisk Ultra II 2GB

  

Equipment that I really really want

- Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS L lens (i wish)

  

A nicer way to view photos is here on flickriver with a black background

flickriver.com/photos/mossko/

 

Street Photographers Rights in Australia

www.artslaw.com.au/_documents/files/StreetPhotographersRi...

 

Stock photo sites.. hmm.. well I am just starting out, and I have nothing to offer, but if you see it every day, they probably won't want it. Also the shot must be technically perfect, and even then it's no guarantee of acceptance.

 

I have had some luck with

 

My profile on dreamstime is

  

I made a photo book, you can check it out here

The past five years

 

Interesting groups and links:

Photographer's Tech Resources

Strobist, lighting and home DIY ideas

Innovative Photography Equipment

www.flickr.com/groups/photojojo/

 

This is me on JPG Magazine

http://jpgmag.com/people/mossko

  

This li'll widget rocks

 

 

If you are interested in purchasing higher quality pictures of any of the photo's I have displayed, please contact me at photos@mossko.com to arrange purchase.

 

Some fun stuff here

bighugelabs.com/flickr/dna.php?username=mossko

www.myspace.com/mossko

 

Photoshop Express: Edit your photos online and create a gallery.. handy? not sure. Interesting? yes

www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html