Hi everybody,
This membership actually covers myself (Mike PEAK) and my daughter (Yasmine Yanqiu ZHANG-PEAK). Yasmine is studying (Digital) Photography and I am getting back into photography, to help Yasmine. For the past 20 years I have only been a compact camera snapper
, but now (in retirement) I can devote more time and money to my former past-time.
We have a K30 with a DA 18-55mm AL WR, a DA 50-200mm ED WR and a Metz 58 AF-2. I have also resurrected my old film camera, a Ricoh XR-X and the Tamron lenses I bought with it (adaptall 2 SP 28-80mm [27A], adaptall 2 70-210mm [46A]). Also a Ricoh PX flash and a Vivitar 550FD (Ricoh dedicated). To supplement these I have another XR-X, with a Rikenon 35-70mm, PX and Ricoh 260P flashes; a Metz 48 AF-1, a Tamron SP 500mm mirror [55B], a Tamron SP 90mm [52B] - my favourite lens, some Cokin style filters, flash diffusers and a few other bit and bats.
At the moment I am rediscovering photography and my tastes and ideas are very broad. Yasmine's work depends on the current college assignment, but she likes, and I think has a talent for, portraiture.
I hope to be able to reply to any questions and I will set up a Flickr account for work I think is worth showing. In the mean time here is one of mine. Preston Docks, Sunset, 19/Oct/2013, Pentax K30, DA 18-55mm AL WR set at 31mm (35 equiv.), 1/50 s, f7.1, +0.3, ISO 200, purple grad filter.
Regards
Mike