Bio

[jenbob@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob & Jennifer)]

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Name:
Bob Peak

- Profession/Study:
I used to be a Graphic Designer until nearly four years ago when my wife &
I cashed in all of our yuppie chips and bought bikes.  At that time we
embarked on a bicycle trip around the world.  During that time of travel
and self exploration, I taught myself photography.  Now, I'm a struggling
photographer.  I just received my first rejection.

- Country:  USA

- Personal history of photography:
I shoot 35mm and 120.  The 120 I shoot is in a panoramic camera called a
Brooks Veriwide 100.  Made in the early 60s, with no metering, a fixed 47mm
Super Angulon lens, and because I was trying to shoot Fuji Velvia, I found
it very difficult to use while biking around the world.  It is my aim to
use that camera for IR photography, although, I am trying to learn IR with
my 35mm.

- preferred subjects:
Bicycling, tastefully executed hi-energy shots, portraiture, nudes

- materials (film, filters, paper, chemistry):
Films I use are (in order of dependence so far):  Fuji Velvia, Kodak E100S,
Kodak Infrared Film.

- format (35mm/medium format/large format):
35mm (Nikon F4) and Brooks Veriwide 100 using 120 film

- Other strange hobbies:
I am a veggie and love to cook. I learned much in our travels around the world.
Religions of the world and how they were sculpted by their people fascinate me.

- How did you find out about this list:
By surfing and searching for info in IR photography

- Expand on anything photographic you like:
I haven't actually begun shooting IR, but I know it is something I want to
do.  I am in an information gathering stage.  I have purchased film but
haven't purchased filters yet.  I am still trying to determine which
filters I need.  I haven't found any but I would like to see if anyone is
using IR for action shots (ie; smeared backgrounds, sharp focus on a person
(done by panning)).


xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Robert Peak/Jennifer Carpenter-Peak
PO Box 237
Kearneysville, WV 25430
304-876-3624
jenbob@xxxxxxxxxxxx



------------------------------

Topic No. 21