About Me
Name ............... Stephen Rees (BE SE GradIEAust) Screen Name ........ Valorin Age ................ 22 Location ........... Canberra, Australia Job ................ Systems Developer @ AussieHQ Contact ............ contact-1@valorin.net Languages .......... PHP, MySQL, (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C#, ASP.NET, C, Java, Basic :) Favourite Books .... Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Temeraire, The Liveship Traiders, Narnia Favourite Movies ... Dragonheart, Lord of the Rings, Starwars, Narnia, Pirates of Caribbean Favourite TV ....... Stargate, Top Gear, Farscape, Nero Wolfe Mysteries, Jonathan Creek I am a ............. Christian, Musician, Geek, Photographer, Web-designer
I am a... Photographer
One of the things I love playing with is my Camera. I'm not sure when I started loving Cameras, but in Year 10, 11 and 12 at school I did a Visual Arts based mainly around Photography. Either Black and White or Digital, with Photo manipulation.
My first Digital Camera was a Kodak 4800 Zoom. A good camera which I bought because it looked like a real camera, which was a huge thing for the time as most Digitals looked like a digital. This Camera served me well for many years but soon I went looking for a more high-powered alternative.
What I found was the Canon EOS 300D, which was the first consumer Digital SLR Camera. This camera was a great upgrade from my old one and is the camera I use today. I also have a Canon 90-300mm lens, and a Canon 430EX Speedlite for the Camera. All of this packs into my Crumpler Six Million Dollar Home Camera Bag.
When my 300D died in April 2008, I upgraded to a Canon EOS 40D. It was a great decision, and I love the new 40D. It is a great camera for either quick photography, or complex photography.
Incidentally, it turns out it was my lens and not my 300D which had died. shrugs But the 40D was worth it anyway :)
