My first camera was a Kodak 110 pocket instamatic. I always felt very special holding the camera - people would get quiet, stand where you told them. And I LOVED getting the prints back from the store. I hung them up, made collages, sent them to my friends. The prints were the best part.

I didn’t pick up a camera again until I was in my early 20’s, despite having inspiration at my fingertips. My step-dad is a photographer, his gear and photos were all over our house. We visited the photo lab and frame store on a regular basis, and I watched him carefully compose and critique his pictures. Without realizing it, I was learning things from him that I wouldn’t need until years later.

Jef bought me my first digital camera when we lived in DC in 2002. It was a Nikon Cookpix 2500. It changed how I looked at the world. My pictures were not very good back then, but I was documenting everything. Jef has helped me find my eye. He can tell what I’m trying to capture, and has given me really good, practical advice.

Now, five years later, I have at least one camera with me at all times, often two or three. A Canon EOS 30D (D-SLR) is my primary, details on the others are below.

This is a collection of my favorite photos, the rest can be found on Flickr. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed taking them.

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Etsy.com Shop
If you are interested in purchasing prints of anything in my portfolio, you can find a selection on Etsy.com. Click on any of the photos below to go directly to my shop. If you don’t find what you are looking for, please send me a message and I’ll see what I can do. Thank you for your support!

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Cameras & Lenses

D-SLR
Canon EOS 30D
Canon Digital Rebel
Lenses: 28-200mm f/3.5 (zoom), 10-22mm f3.5 (wide angle), 50mm f/1.8 (prime), 18-55mm f/3.5, Opteka Semi Fisheye+Macro

Point-and-Shoot
Canon Powershot SD450
We have three of these SD cameras in our house, I love, love, love them. Beautiful picture, small, compact camera. Great settings for ‘macro’ and ‘portrait’, and it takes video (something you lose when you cross over to SLR). My definite recommendation for a point-and-shoot.

Fuji Finepix 602X (Alternate)
This was my ‘in between’ before I made the jump from my point-and-shoot to the D-SLR. It’s an “SLR-Like” camera, so I learned all my manual settings w/out the interchangeable lenses. It has a beautiful macro lens, better than anything I have for the Rebel (yet), so I still fall back to it every so often.

Cell Phone
Palm Treo 680