I'm an amateur photographer who lives in Carrboro, NC and works in Durham, NC. I take photos because I enjoy both the process and the result. Since I'm most often in Durham during the day, that's where most of my photos are taken. I take photos of things that I think would make the kind of photo that I would want to look at. I'm often influenced by other photographers on Flickr--when I see someone doing something I think is cool, I think, "Hey, I want to try that!" They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and that is how it is intended.

I don't hate digital, but I do love film. Since early 2010 I've been developing all my own black and white film, and in 2011 I started processing my own color film as well. I scan my negatives with an Epson V500 scanner and do minimal editing to the scanned files (mostly adjusting levels and removing dust and cat hair) with the GIMP and Adobe Photoshop Elements.

My cameras:

35mm

Nikon N2000

Yashica Electro 35 GSN

Zorki 4K

Minolta α5700i

Minolta α7700i

Ansco Pix Panorama

medium format

Yashica-A

Yashica-Mat LM

Kodak Brownie Hawkeye

Agfa Billy Record

Kodak Vigilant Six-20 (not working)

Super Ricohflex

digital

Casio Exilim EX-S600

Those who like good music and well-crafted songs should check out Scott Downes, my good friend and occasional partner in crime.

If you have nothing better to do and want to check out my rarely-updated Twitter feed, I'm @Refidnas on Twitter.

Many thanks to Jim Coudal for featuring one of my photos on the Coudal Partners homepage.