About Me — About the Creative Hardware
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I get lots of questions asking about what I use and how I learned so here is a quick answer to those questions.
I started photography in 1998 in Glen Toler's SCHS photography class sponsored by Union Carbide. I learned to shoot on a Pentax K-1000 using Tri-X 400 and T-Max 400 film that I developed myself. Of course I shot film for years and years and I went through 35mm and 120mm cameras from Minolta, Yashica, Pentax, Canon and finally Mamiya. The Mamiya was the last film system I had and it was the best.
However, being the computer geek I am, I simply couldn't resist the draw of a digital workflow and I switched to a full digital system in January of 2004. I only use the Canon EOS DSLR system now. I shoot exclusively in RAW. There simply is no reason to shoot in JPG mode. Many people ask if I miss or regret getting rid of the film gear and the answer is simply, "not for a single second."
I personally own a Canon 300D and a 30D. The main lenses I use are the 50mm f/1.4, 24-70 f/2.8L, 70-200 f/4L, and the 10-22 EF-S. However, where I have worked with numerous photographers and agencies, I have used or get to use a wide array of gear, but namely the Canon bodies are the 10D, 20D, 30D, 300D, 350D, 400D, 5D and the 1Ds. I do write about those experiences online, so now you know where they/that comes from. Worthy of note here is: every agency and photographer I know is using Canon DSLRs. Not one is using Nikon. Nikon is a little late to the game, but the latest camera from them looks pretty hot. If you are thinking of going digital, my vote is for Canon. But check out the Nikon gear too. Competition is good for us all. (Since I originially wrote that, Nikon has seriously upped their game, which as I said, is good for us all.)
As for computer gear, there is only one, the Mac. I am a professional level programmer (means education wise and food on the table wise) on both Macintosh and Windows. I am an expert on both systems and frankly, OS X is superior to Windows. It just is. If you want to fight to get your machine to work, then keep your PC. Take some good advice and buy a Mac that will work. Rant over.
That said, my home work area has two computers:
- An Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz with 3GB Ram running OS X 10.5 Leopard
- A dual 2.0Ghz G5 w/3GB RAM running OS X 10.5 Leopard
At work:
- Dell Precision dual Intel Xeon Workstation with ATI FireGL graphics and 4GB Ram
I prefer the Mac, but my Windows based workstation at the office is pretty nice too, and very fast. All of them are rocking, but remember if I only had one — I'd keep the Mac.
That's it for now, I may write more later. If you have questions or comments, just let me know.
I am an american artist.
Thank you for spending your time and hard earned money with me, here and in the real world. You can contact me, hire me, read about me or just check out my jeep.
