I'm a Web/Graphic designer professionally and I love to dabble with photography on the side.
My current equipment is a Canon EOS 450D with mostly a standard 18-55mm lens, but occasionaly I will borrow my partners macro or portrait lenses.
Also use a home-made shutter release and sometimes custom filters or lighting for effect.
I try to keep my photography as it was shot ith a few tweaks to make it more like how it looked to my eye, I try not to use Photosho too muc to over-do it.