As I Photo...

I'm not a photographer, I just like to take photos. I upload most of them to Flickr if you want to have a look.

I use a Canon EOS 40D. This is my first DSLR and I'm very happy with it. If you're looking for me to defend the virtues of my Canon over your Nikon, Sony, or whatever, you've come to the wrong place. I'm sure your camera is perfectly lovely too.

I have a 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5, 50mm f/1.4, and 85mm f/1.8 lens. I'm pretty happy with this setup, but I'd like a lens in the telephoto range.

I also have a Polaroid One-Step, and a couple of films left. I hope someone starts to make some affordable instant film again for my camera soon.

Snapping pictures is fun, but I much actually much prefer post-processing. I predominantly use Lightroom, and when the mood strikes, will do some extra tweaking in Photoshop.

On a less serious note, here are some free web tools you can use to play around with photos. I promise, no photography experience required:

• Metapixel: Make photo mosaics out of your photos.
• Polaroid: Turn any photo into a polaroid.
• BigHugeLabs Frames: Fun frames (e.g. postage stamp edge, brusted edge frame) for your photos.
• Photofunia: Fun effects for your photos, like putting a picture of your face on European currency or screened on the chest of Madonna's shirt.
• Shape Collage: Fun photo collages by my former Google colleague Vince!
• Picnik: Free and easy editing tools to make your photos fabuous. Leo recommends the teeth whitening feature.