Eternally a student, laborer, tinkerer, thinker, and trekker.

Formerly a graphic artist, neophyte illustrator, amateur programmer, and web designer, I'm currently on walkabout in the rainy state of Florida I've recently returned to the beautiful state of Illinois while studying to earn my yellow orange belt in photo-fu.

If I could only keep ten possessions, the first three would be my camera, my lens, and my tripod. I guess the other seven would be clothes and a toothbrush.

I use a Nikon D200 with a Nikkor 18-200mm lens. It's my first real camera and after twenty thousand photos, I still love it.

Other gear I use regularly:

• Manfrotto 190XProB tripod

• Giottos MH5001 pan+tilt head

• Jenis ND200P battery grip

• Lowepro Slingshot 200 backpack

• Manfrotto 322RC2 sports-grip ballhead

• Ultiblitz DL-92ATBSZ flash

• SM RF-606 wireless shutter release

I also have a handful of studio equipment I've either collected or built myself. Studio photography is something I hope to get around to, eventually.

Software I use:

• ACDSee Pro 2.5

• Photoshop CS3

• Lightroom 2.3