1. Who am I
    1. Born in South Africa
      1. Appreciation for wildlife from earliest age
      2. Always outdoors
      3. Bit of a beach bum
    2. Live in England
      1. Love the access to everything
        1. Europe
        2. N.America
        3. Mediterranean
        4. Hardware and technology
        5. Global organisations
        6. Global mindset
          1. One of the hubs of the world
          2. Dynamic mix of cultures
      2. Fascinating countryside
        1. Varied fauna and flora
        2. Constantly changing with seasons
        3. Very accessible
          1. Around every corner
          2. Parks
          3. Green spaces
          4. Woods
          5. Public byways
          6. Tow paths
          7. RSPB
          8. Local nature reserves
          9. Huge coastline
        4. No vast open spaces
          1. Even larger nature reserves have settlements and infrastructure
          2. Always able to hear distant roads or flightpaths
    3. Day job
      1. Broad IT history
        1. Systems engineering
        2. Software development
      2. Technical Projects Consultant
    4. Family
      1. Married
        1. Angie
        2. No kids at this stage
      2. Some in England
      3. Some in South Africa
        1. When visiting, always try get to a game reserve
        2. Concerned for their safety
  2. Strengths
    1. Ideation
    2. Command
    3. Analytical
    4. Connectedness
    5. Activator
  3. Philosophies
    1. Everything for a reason
    2. This too shall pass
    3. What goes around, comes around
    4. Take your vitamins
    5. Be prepared and don't assume, but expect to be surprised
    6. If undecided, stick to the plan
    7. Listen to the inner voice
    8. Just because you can doesn't mean you should
  4. Aspirations
    1. Live for a year or more in one of the world's great game reserves
      1. Follow game
      2. Follow seasons
      3. Document behaviours and changes
    2. Design and build the ultimate nature / game watching vehicle
      1. Hybrid electric
        1. Solar
      2. Mount points for cameras
      3. Flexible seating
    3. Teach and share photography
      1. Workshops
      2. Photo expeditions
      3. Are paper books still relevant?
  5. Inspirations
    1. Photographers
      1. Henri Cartier-Bresson
      2. Andy Rouse
      3. Chris Packham
      4. Martin Bailey
      5. Chris Marquardt
      6. Trey Ratcliff
      7. Don Komarechka
    2. Authors
      1. Scott Kelby
      2. Bryan Peterson
      3. David duChemin
    3. Media
      1. Wildlife Photographers of the Year
      2. TWIT Photo Netcast
        1. Liked the interviews
        2. No longer running
      3. TWIP
      4. The Two Hosers Podcast
      5. National Geographic
      6. Google Plus
      7. EarthTouch
  6. Camera history / What's in my bag
    1. Dad’s Minolta rangefinder
    2. 110 format pocket camera
    3. Disc camera - 1984
      1. Kodak, if I remember
      2. Mostly used for trip to USA with parents
        1. Disneyland
        2. Hanging out with cousins
        3. Basketball
    4. Video - 1985
      1. pre-camcorder
        1. Full size VHS tapes
        2. Portable VCR
        3. Big, heavy, pistol grip camera
      2. Many hours experimenting
        1. Light and light effects
        2. Stop motion
        3. Big wide lens from another old cine(?) camera screwed on front
        4. Zoom
      3. Digitizer card for Apple IIe
        1. Able to capture stills at extremely low resolution
    5. Borrowed 35mm camera - 1997
      1. Plastic
      2. Point - click - wind
      3. Might have learnt something about composition
    6. Casio digital camera - 1998
      1. Bought in Singapore
        1. Researched on the Net before travelling
          1. Wanted Olympus camera, but didn't have at the shop
          2. Settled for only digital camera they had
      2. Photo bug had bitten
      3. Not particularly good, but loved the instant feedback
      4. Digital felt very natural
    7. HP digital camera - 2000
      1. Gift from friend
      2. Rubbish
      3. Maybe better MP than Casio, but rubbish
      4. Point and shoot style
        1. Slow
        2. Grainy
        3. Not intuitive
    8. Dad’s Fuji Finepix 4900 Zoom - 2001
      1. Awesome camera - for the time
      2. Borrowed it often
      3. Started to figure out post-processing
        1. GIMP
        2. Photoshop
    9. Fuji Finepix S602 Zoom - 2004
      1. One of my first purchases after moving to UK
      2. Missed not having a decent camera
        1. The little HP P&S was just rubbish
      3. This is the camera that got me to explore manual modes
      4. Started to develop my own workflow
        1. Photoshop
        2. Picasa
      5. Broke, so I took it apart
        1. ...and never reassembed it
    10. Canon 400D - 2007
      1. Lot of research before purchasing
        1. Lenses
          1. Scared by prices!
        2. Bags
        3. CF Cards
      2. Very disappointed at first
        1. Not as vivid as Fuji
        2. Not much zoom range with 18-55mm
      3. Sold
    11. Canon 40D - 2009
      1. Work horse
      2. While looks similar specs on paper to 400D, so much faster and sturdier
      3. Sold
    12. Canon 7D - 2012
      1. "The Terminator"
        1. Amazing piece of machinery
    13. Canon 5D Classic - 2012
      1. Opposite of the 7D
        1. This is art
      2. No sensor cleaning built in
    14. Canon 100D - belongs to Angie, but I use it from time to time.
      1. Small, but solid
    15. GoPro Hero 3+ Black
      1. Such fun
      2. Use it as a point-and-shoot
      3. Great for timelapse
    16. Lens lust begins...
      1. Old Sigma 24-105mm
        1. Broken - no aperture control
      2. Sigma 18-200mm
        1. Sold
      3. Sigma 18-50mm 2.8
        1. Slow focus
        2. Adequately sharp
      4. Canon 28-135mm
        1. Holiday and "street" lens
        2. Sold
      5. Canon 70-300mm
        1. Needed the big zoom
        2. Never long enough
        3. Used by Angie mostly
      6. Sigma 50-500mm Bigma
        1. Loved the reach
        2. Hated the bokeh
        3. Bit slow
        4. Sold
      7. Canon 70-200mm 2.8L IS
        1. Very often used with 2x Extender
          1. Best at F8 - can do F5.6, but not sharp
          2. Sold the 2x Extender
        2. Just can't get away from this lens
      8. Sigma 150-500mm
        1. It's big
        2. It's quite heavy
        3. But it's cheap and does the job
      9. Nifty-fifty
        1. Love the bokeh
      10. Canon 40mm STM
        1. Pancake
        2. Very neat lens
        3. So small it almost makes the 5D into a pocket camera
      11. Canon 24-105mm f4L IS
        1. Workhorse lens
        2. Replaced 28-135mm
        3. If there could be only one, this would be it
      12. Samyang 24mm 1.4
        1. Fully manual lens
      13. Samyang 85mm 1.4
        1. Fully manual lens
        2. Great for portraits
    17. Wish list
      1. Canon EF 200-400mm f/4 L IS USM Extender 1.4x
      2. Canon 100mm 2.8L IS Macro
      3. Canon 7D Mark II
      4. Canon 5D Mark ?
        1. Would like the Mk2 because the button layout same as 7D
        2. Would like the Mk3 "because"
      5. Canon 100-400mm Mark II
      6. Sigma 150-600mm Sport
        1. Heavy, but solidly built.
        2. A lot quieter than the 150-500