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Joe KellardName: Joe Kellard
Country: United Kingdom
Intro: Hi,
I'm Joe :-)

I am 15 years old and hope to become a Biologist/Photographer when I leave university (that's if I get into uni) :-)
I live in a largish town called Abingdon near Oxford which is renowned for it's history and the fact that the river Thames runs straight through it. A small group of lakes called the Radley Lakes are where at least 80% of my photos are taken - it is home to many insects (especially dragonflies such as the rare Clubtail), birds and mammals (we now have Otters living on the Thames!). Though currently we're battling against N-Power to keep them from being filled in with toxic waste from a nearby power station! They've already done so to two of the lakes!
Photography has taken over my life from day one after joining TrekNature :-) I started off with a tiny Goodmans G-shot camera and then gradually progressed to a Canon Powershot S3 IS and finally to the Canon EOS 400D and a small array of lenses which I'm using at the moment. A lot of people think that my parents must be spoiling me by getting me all this stuff but actually I am paying for it all... my parents loaned me some money and now I'm paying it all off with a paper round. I should be out of debt by November :-)
Joining this site brought me into the world of nature photography and so that is my favourite subject to shoot though I enjoy other photography too like portraits and events. Within nature I love to take photos of birds and invertebrates like insects and arachnids - what fascinates me most are the tiny lenses in the compound eye of an insect so as long as I can capture them, then I'm happy :-)
My other interests include playing sports like football and tennis and also art.
Photography and these Trek sites have made my life much better by getting me out into nature more, keeping me in contact with many nice people form all over the world and has even helped me overcome a horrible phobia that was threatening to keep me trapped in the house. So I am very grateful to all the members on TN and TL who have kept me going with photography, astounded me time and time again with their incredible photos and have taught me many, many things :-)

If you are reading this and haven't yet joined then I really recommend you do! :-D

Thankyou very much for reading this and I hope you enjoy looking at my photos.

My Kit (Currently using)

Cameras
Canon EOS 400D
Canon EOS 10D (Once again I'm indebted to Jamesp for this!)

Lenses
My new prized possession: Sigma 300mm f/2.8 EX DG APO HSM (Awesome lens!!)
My other prized possession: Sigma 180mm EX APO HSM + case
Sigma 1.4x Teleconverter + case
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM (Thankyou very, very much to James Parker - JamesP who gave me this... it did an incredible job at boosting my start into the world of DSLRs)
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Paramor Fish-eye + 58-55mm step-down ring

Accessories
Seagull Angle-Finder

Flash
Canon 430EX Speedlite Flashgun + Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce flash diffuser
Off-shoe flash cord

Stability
Giottos MTL9351B + Giottos MH5001 head
Slik Tripod
Manfrotto 681B Proffesional (Monopod)
Canon RS-60E3 Remote Shutter Release

Protection and cleaning
Lowepro Mini Trekker AW
Op-Tech Rainsleeve x2
Lens Cleaning Kit

Filters
Various UV filters for each lens
58mm Circ. Polarizer
46mm Drop-in Circ. Polarizer
Cokin P121M (ND4), Cokin P121S (ND8) + Holder

Memory
2x 4GB and 1x 2GB CF Cards
Integral Multi-card adapter

Software
Corel PhotoPaint Draw
Adobe PhotoShop CS3 Extended


My TrekNature account
My TrekEarth account

My Photonet account

I also have three websites. Please have a look at them and leave a note in the Guestbooks if you would like to:
WildLight Galleries
Nature Photography UK
Young Photographer's Club

I am now also a member of the Royal Photographic Society

Cheers,
Joe
Member Since: 2007-06-27
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Canon PowerShot S3 IS
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