Jim Nilsen Photography

http://500px.com/jimnilsen

http://www.jimnilsen.com/

https://www.facebook.com/PhotographyTravelTours

 

 

What kind of equipment (camera body, lens, filters, flash, tripod, cleaning equipment other) do you use?

 

Canon 5d3, Canon 17-40, Canon 24-105, Canon 100-400, Gitzo Tripod with Acratech Ballhead. B&W polarizer. Lee Neutral density and neutral density grads.
What do you like and dislike about your equipment, specially your camera, and how would you improve it?

 

I like the Canon but sometime wish I had the Nikon system.  I would like to see Canon come out with some better wide zooms.
What is your favourite lens, and why?

 

I use the 24-105 most of the time for travel. It has such a good range and my copy is pretty sharp.
When you travel, what is in your essential photographic kit bag?

 

All of the above.
What kind of software/tools do you use for post-processing, if any?

 

PS CS6, Nik Software Suite.

 

How long have you been taking photographs? How do you find inspiration? How do you take your pictures?

 

I have been shooting since I was 15. I am now 57. The web is an amazing inspiration, especially sites like 500px.
Which style of photography do you like the most, and why?

 

Color and travel. I love color and I love to travel and explore.

 

What goal are you working towards within your photography and when will you know you have reached it?

 

I am very motivated by many of the photographers that I see now on the web and some of the new techniques that we can now use in digital photography such as exposure blending, luminosity masking, and focal blending etc. I would like to improve on these skills so that they are more second nature.
Looking at your own work, which piece is your favourite? Why? Please provide a link to the picture.

 

I usually do not have a favorite image but if I do it only lasts until I create another one that makes me pleased. Currently I am very pleased with http://www.jimnilsen.com/home/jn1/page_621_56/a_walk_in_the_woods__751.html
Does your work fit into any one or more distinct genres  (nature, landscape, long-exposure, black-and-white,  infra-red, urban, artistic, macro, vintage, vernacular, social, street)? If other, please specify.

 

Color and travel.
Are there any photography websites that you visit regularly?

 

500px.
What is the one most important lesson that you have learned since you started taking photographs?

 

Keep on looking.
And finally, what other interesting photographers would you like to see in this blog?