Mostly a tele lens, pointed at whatever I find beautiful
Photography is how I keep track of my memories. The best of them have never needed a camera.
I grew up reading, in a house without screens, and I built a picture of the world in my head that was more detailed than the world itself. I think that is why I photograph the way I do: not to record that I was somewhere, but to get close enough to see the detail I was already imagining.
So when I stop on a walk, it can be for anything: a ridge catching the first light, a bird three branches in, something small and strange at the side of the path. The tele lens does all of it — it brings a far summit close and it finds the detail in a flower. Whatever it is, I will work the camera settings until the colour and the detail come out properly. I do very little afterwards. I would rather get it right while I am standing there.
A DSLR and a tele lens. That is all that needs saying about equipment.
A note on how this is arranged: I do not really have a single favourite photograph. What I have are sessions — a trip, a morning, a walk — and from each one, the shot that turned out best. So that is how these are grouped. The larger images are the pick of that day.
Photographs are mine. If you would like to use one, just ask — the answer is usually yes.