In 1982 I was an Engineering student. I took a photography class to add some creativity to my schedule. I ended up changing my major to Art. I have been creating ever since. I enjoy photography, painting, printmaking, woodworking, making, film-making, metalworking, music.

Photography is therapy for me. It's mostly a hobby now. In the 90s I was really into it. I studied Ansel Adams' technical books and learned the zone system. That took me about 2 years to really understand. The challenge for me at that time was printing. I had a darkroom in the bathroom. I had to cover the window with cardboard and a dark cloth. It was tight quarters with no ventilation. Now, with digital processing, I am really enjoying how simple the process is. I really like Photoshop. I started using it in 1994. I can pretty much do anything that I could have done in the darkroom in less time and mess. I hope you enjoy my stream. ;-)

My still gear:

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS

Canon EOS T3i

Pentax ME Super

Graflex, 4x5 Graphic View (Monorail)

Exakta VX 2b

My Video gear:

Blackmagic BMCC - EF

Blackmagic BMPC 4K - EF

Lenses:

Canon 28-90mm f4-5.6 EF

Tamron 80-210mm f4.5-5.6 EF

Canon 75-300mm f4-5.6 EF

Asanuma 70-220mm f3.5 M42 declicked

Takumar 200mm f4 M42

Promaster 135mm f2.8 M42 declicked

Olympus 135mm f2.8 OM

Pentax-M 135mm f3.5 PK

Vivitar Tele135mm f2.8 E/T 15 blade cine-style iris

Pentax-M 50mm f2 PK

Yashinon 50mm f1.4 M42 (Nice Bokeh)

Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 PK

Takumar 50mm f1.4 M42 (I love the sharpness)

Sigma wide 28mm f2.8 M42

Vivitar SMS 28mm f2.8 F declicked

Vivitar Auto 24mm f2.8 M42

Rokinon 14mm t3.1 EF (big bang for the buck)

Fuji150mm f5.6 in copal #1

Ektar127mm f4.7 in synchro compur

Zeiss Pancolar f2

Schneider Xenon f1.9

Equipment I no longer have, and miss.

Toyo 45e 4x5

Speed Grafic 4x5

Graflex 120 back

Kodak View #1 - 8x10 cherry wood

Goerz Dagor 12in f6.8 (amazing lens covers 8x10 with room)

Rodenstock Sironar 180mm f/5.6 in copal

Rolleiflex TLR 2.8C Model K7C

Pentax K1000

Olympus OM-1

Nikon F-2

Nikon F-3 (my favorite 35mm camera ever)

Canon AE1

Canon T50

Canon T70

Canon T90

Rollei 35

Argus C3

Pentax digital spot meter with zone scale

Beseler 23c enlarger

Beseler 45 enlarger