Photography

I do photography as a serious hobby. I started years ago when I was a teenager with a Minolta XG-1 film camera.

As the years passed and I had a family and job, photography went on the back burner. Once my kids were all raised and my job stabilized, I dug back in and got serious with it again. I bought a Nikon D90 camera and an 18-300mm lens and started taking pictures of everything I could.

Eventually I outgrew the capabilities of the D90 and bought a Nikon D750 full frame and D7200 crop frame bodies along with a Nikkor 24-120mm and a 150-600mm Tamron lens.

As my skills improved I decided to take a final leap and buy a full professional level setup that included a Nikon D850 full frame and a D500 crop frame bodies. I bought the full trifecta Nikkor zoom lenses which includes Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 and Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8. These are the best zoom lenses made.

Now I am venturing into macro photography so have gotten a Tamron 90mm macro lens as well as a Nikkor 60mm micro. I also got some Lensbaby lenses for a creative effect that include the Velvet 56mm and the Composer Pro II with the Sweet 50mm and all the macro adapters and filters. I also got the Lensbaby Omni System to play around with some other interesting creative effects.