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Introductions => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Nick Scavone on July 13, 2015, 03:01:28
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When not working (I am a commercial real estate attorney) or golfing, I spend much of my time with landscape, architecture and travel photography, and photographing my family. I am a student of the craft (the books of Ansel Adams and John Shaw were particularly helpful), an admirer of fine art photography, and also an avid collector of fine art photography books.
I began my photography with a Canon film Rebel SLR body (perhaps a film point and shoot before that). My digital photography began with a Nikon 5700. I then made the progression with DSLRs from D70 to D200 to D700 to D800 and recently upgraded to the D810 (the D810 is a remarkable camera, much better than the D800 in my view). I have collected a number of Nikkor SLR lenses over the years, including many of the classic Nikkors. My lens choices have been guided based in large part on Bjorn's excellent and comprehensive original website with the famed reviews and "best of them all," but also his more recent posts/reviews on fotozones and advise of others including Thom Hogan and Lloyd Chambers. I now also have many of the latest G lenses.
I was a nikongear.com member, and am thrilled to see its revival here (I was sorry to see the decline of fotozones and curious why I saw no recent posts from Bjorn on fotozones--this website explains much). I have followed Bjorn for many years (thank you for inspiring me Bjorn), and now many others as well (Erik Lund, Michael Erlewine, Stren, Andrea and others). I am excited about the prospects for this site, and hope to contribute more.
You can see some of my work on my Zenfolio site in the Public Folder -- http://nickscavone.zenfolio.com/
Cheers,
Nick Scavone
Detroit, Michigan USA
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Welcome to the forum Nick.
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Welcome. Good to see you.
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welcome
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welcome Nick!
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Welcome Nick, looking forward to seeing your shots. I'm thinking there must be a lot of interesting places in Detroit to shoot?
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My sincere apologies for not thanking everyone for the warm welcome. I've been posting a bit more of late, but never thought to use the "Show new replies" link until now.
Jørgen, yes Detroit is quite a place. The city has many photographic opportunities, but not surprisingly some places can be a challenge to photograph safely. I live in the suburbs of Detroit but work downtown. I tend not to shoot street photography (mostly landscapes and family photos), but I plan to do more shooting in Detroit this year. Will post when I can.
Cheers,
Nick
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Welcome Nick! Some really nice images on your site! Looking forward to more ;)
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Erik,
Thanks very much for your kind words. I've been a fan of yours (along with a number of others including Bjorn of course) for some time. Looking forward to spending more time posting on Nikongear.
Cheers,
Nick
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Welcome "back", Nick!