Hi there! Thanks for dropping by...
The photographer in me probably started when I was really small, one of my favorite toys was a film camera that I toyed around and just shoot. I love to pose for the camera back then, it was probably an unconscious beginning to start understanding the innate relationship between a photographer and its subject. Fast forward to around the digital age, I got my first digital SLR, a Nikon D70, and fell in love with photography, since then it's been a helluva ride and it seems never-ending! After all these years, I still feel in a way "naked" when I go out without a camera, it is almost like a necessity to at least bring one even if it is only an ordinary day, there is that constant longing inside that there might be something interesting to be captured today!
Photography is a ritual - it involves the heart, mind and soul. It is a holistic approach, one that involves all your senses. Put your heart and mind in it before clicking the shutter, and when it touches your soul, it is complete.
I'll share my thoughts here with you as my misadventures with photography continue. Keep rockin'...
Kindest,
Dave
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Equipment by choice:
For professional use, Dave uses exclusively Nikon DSLR, Nikon Speedlights and Nikkor lenses, Benro and Manfrotto for support, Pocketwizard for wireless trigger.
For travel and everyday, Dave uses a mix of Micro 4/3s mirrorless system from Panasonic and Olympus.
Update: As of November 2012 until today, Dave got stucked up with the Leica M Monochrom and has been color blind for most of the time...
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