Who's who around here

04-06-2006, 11:24 AM

I guess I'm the new guy around here so I'll start but I'd like to get a feel for who's here and what you're interests are.

My name is Sean, I'm 31 and from Cody, Wy. I'm married (Betty) and we have an 11 year old daughter (Kya). I've been into herps since I was about 12 and have kept and bred several species from large boids to beardies. In 95 we went "pro" forming Heart Mountain Herps and currently, like a lot of people, are focussing mainly on the ball market with a couple of backup projects.

If there is 1 thing I love more than the herps though it's got to be photography. I am a working professional studio photographer and have been for a little over 10 years now.

I guess I should mention I'm the mod here. I have been registered on this site for a while but to be honest I have mainly used it for the BOI and a little buying/selling. I'll try to check in daily, I don't have any exhibit/gallery openings planned anytime soon but I do have a couple potential book projects that may happen this summer that will require some field work (I'll post something if I'll be out of town for more than a couple days). Rules will be loosely enforced, I've been coming here for a few years now and I don't think I've ever even read them so just use common sense and you won't have any problems from me. I really don't care what you post or even that it's necessarily 'on topic' for now.

I would like some input, on anything actually but more specific on what you would like to see here if anything. I was thinking maybe writing some tutorials, maybe start with some easy stuff like monitor calibration or color correcting for accuracy or ???any ideas??? I'd also be willing to do photo critiques but if you ask for one let everyone know how in depth you want it. I'll tell you now I'm total crap when it comes to video but if it's still camera (any format, traditional or digital) or darkroom/photoshop related I'll see what I can do.

Anyway, enough babbling from me.

Sean

04-09-2006, 02:46 PM

Merry Meet,
My Name is Jenny. I am not a professional by any means in the field of photography, but I love it ! I take mostly landscape pics, headshots, animals ( Bearded Dragons mostly) and nature pictures. I own, breed and LOVE Bearded Dragons. I am so glad HeartMountain told me about this forum !! Thanks for the invite !
Blessings, Gypsy

A few pics attached of mine, the seagull in published.

04-09-2006, 09:12 PM

Welcome aboard, glad you could make it Gypsy.

04-11-2006, 06:58 PM

Hi, my name is Tyson Kevin Tyler Hansen(but i go by Kevin) and im 16. I currently have 10 reptiles, a dgo, a cat, and a frog and i go to highschool. Its boring. I've only owned bearded dragons for 2 years and i have my first 10 eggs in the incubator now.

I enjoy doing anything anyone else is scarred to do. I have he deepest desire to go sky diving (stupid 18 or older rule), i've gone scuba diving, been in a shark cage, parasailing, held a venemous snake (that one was something i really wanted to do) and have jumped of the second story of my old highschool onto a trampoline. Im not too bright,lol, but amazingly have never broken anything.

Photography is one of my favorite things to do. Ever since the age of 5 i have been in photo classes, i took one last year that involved developing B&W pictures in a dark room and it was amzingly fun. i have worked for my school newspaper as the photographer and have had photos submitted in my local paper. im currently entered in a Tree photo contest (yes i said tree, VA is a weird state. im still waiting for an oxygen bar) and thats about me. here is a sample of my photography.mostly i shoot nature.

oh, and i think this smiley is freakin awesome!