I'm an amateur astronomer, photographer, and all round know-it-all (what other type can there be?) from County Down, Northern Ireland, and I enjoy photographing almost anything, so I find myself carrying my camera (an Olympus SP-570UZ, or now my Canon EOS 450D) just about everywhere with me.

I spent seven years at the Methodist College in Belfast, and I took A-levels in Physics, Chemistry, Maths, and Geology, which I'm awaiting my results for. I'm hoping to carry Physics and Astronomy on to university, probably at the University of Glasgow, provided I haven't done too badly in the aforementioned A-levels.

I started taking photos quite some time ago; mostly by borrowing cameras from other people; I've always been inclined to take vast numbers of photographs whenever I go anywhere with a camera. I'm not really terribly sure whether that's a good thing, but I have the general opinion that it isn't...

Cameras

Canon EOS 450D

Olympus SP-570UZ

HTC Desire (Camera Phone)

Meade DSI II Pro

Philips SPC900NC

Sony DSC-P73

Lenses

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS f/3.5-5.6

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III

Telescopes

TAL 150mm f/5 Newtonian Reflector

Meade ETX-70