Photography

In 2008 decided to get my first dSLR camera, and since I was not sure how much of an interest this would turn out to be, I was not prepared to pay "too much". Hence even though I had thought about going for a Nikon I ended up going for an Olympus since it had image stabilization directly within the camera body (no need to pay extra for getting image stabilization in each lens). Spring 2009 I decided to take a step up of the latter and this time I did go for Nikon, as I had initially though of. Hence I ended up purchasing a Nikon D90 (with a Nikon 18-200 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens). Switching manufacture meant that I could not utilize the external flash, extra battery and so on that I had bought for my Olympus, so I have to repurchase these items for the Nikon. Since I have got myself a Nikon D300s and some additional lenses (Tokina 11-16 mm f/2.8, Tamron 17-50 mm f/2.8, Nikon 50 mm f/1.4, Nikon 105 mm f/2.8 Micro).

As I have written on my Graphics-page, I used to use the full Adobe Creative Suite (CS3/CS4), but to an "amateur" like me (my interest in Graphics and Photos is not generating any additional income), so I simply found the price-tag to keep updating this suite too high, and I decided to discontinue updating beyond CS4. Eventually I stopped using the CS4 package all together and switched to free (Open Source) alternatives in stead. I admit the switch was hard, as I loved PhotoShop, but I forced myself to stick with these free alternatives and in time I learned to use- and appreciate them. To process my RAW-photos I now use RawTherapee and for those photos that need "a little extra" editing I am using GIMP.