old leatherback gorilla

Before I go any further, Flickr wants admins of groups to use their actual name. Which is reasonable since people want to know who they are communicating with.

I'm a first time father for over five years now, and I'm protective of my daughter. Sorry.

Weapons:

Pentax K1000 (bought this in 1983, and barely used it, what a shame)

Nikon 5700 (bought this for the howitzer like zoom, found out the expensive way that it was better to just get closer)

Kodak DC290 (my first digital, I want to give it to my daughter, but I'm afraid she'll drop it on her foot)

Holga 120N (herd mentality got me to buy it, and it's a fun camera!)

Lomo Fisheye 2 (thinking that the Holga fun would transfer over to the fisheye2- not so much. Rarely put film in it now.)

Vivitar V3800N (cheap like the K1000, so I use it for long exposure shots.)

Arax 60 - I've ended up using this beast to collect a lot of Florida textures, it makes for a boring photostream, but I can live with that.

Oh yes before I go any further, I would never consider myself "a photographer." I take pictures. I'm cheap how I do it, and if maybe once in 2,000 pictures I get something nice to look at, then I'm satisfied.

Finally I'm deeply envious of all the great pictures that folks put on Flickr. I can't mimic or re-create them, but it's nice that you post them so that a bum like me can enjoy them.

Peace

PS (aka the part where I pi$$ & moan) I don't take great pics, so I'm usually pretty flattered if somebody uses my image on their site (or wherever) so long as I get photo-cred. If your site has any advertising on it, you cannot use my image(s). If you are already being paid, then you should reimburse those that make your site what it is.

First upload to Flickr: Aug 27, 2005