My name is Christian Yip. A few years ago, one of my bosses gave me a DSLR and a kit lens as my wedding gift. It was a Canon Rebel XS and a 18-55mm kit lens. Before that, I had been shooting with pretty much various point and shoot cameras. The closest I was to a DSLR was a Fujifilm S7000. I believe the gift from my boss was the start of my DSLR and photography hobby.
Currently, I enjoy taking landscape, nature, wildlife, people, human interest pictures. Recently, I had the opportunity to take pictures at my sister in law's wedding (as a second photographer) and my sister's engagement pictures (outdoor). It was a lot of fun and quite different from my usual landscape photography. I have always been wanting to get into street photography but this is one area that I feel very challenged for some reason.
Getting to the toys. For camera bodies, I currently have a Canon 7D and Canon 5D mark II. I have been debating to let the 7D go, however, when I go out to take wildlife pictures, the extra reach of the cropped sensor is just nice. Additionally, the 7D has better autofocus than the 5D mark II. The full frame is winning in dimmer situation (high ISO noise is better).
On the lenses, I love the 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS. It is sharp and produces great colors in my opinion. I just got the 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS and have not had a chance to use it. The 50mm f/1.8 ('plastic fantastic', :-)) is just nice. I have this lens in my bag almost all the time. To round it up, for wide angle purpose, I own an EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 for the 7D. I used to have a 17-40mm f/4.0 L but it died due to being submerged in the ocean along with a 5D mark II, :-(.
One other thing that I would like to mention is the film camera, :-). Although I am not shooting as often as I would like to on film, I would bring this camera with either Vivitar 35-70mm f/3.5 or Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
whenever I get a chance. I usually put B/W film in it.
Some other toys/accessories are Fujifilm X100 (awesome good looking camera), BlackRapid RS-7, filters (CPLs and ND filters), flashes (Fujifilm, Yong Nuo).
To conclude, I would like to thank Matt for putting a lot of time on the TNG website and YouTube channels. They have been great sources of knowledge for me. Most importantly, 'Get Your Gear Out' has really been such a motivation for me to get up, get my camera out, and enjoy taking pictures.
http://www.facebook.com/christianyip
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyip0/
Nice write up thanks Christain - but why no mention of the film camera - not sure the model?
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