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May 29, 2008

About

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

this is what my face looks like
mjkov and his face

hello
My name is kov but you can call me kov

me in a nutshell
This is my photoblog page, so you know I take photos. When I’m not taking photos I’m studying for my degree in Design & Art Direction at Manchester Metropolitan University. When I’m not doing either of those I’m working on my online portfolio: here. And when all that gets too much I like to spend time with my better half.

vital statistics and other meaningless factoids
D.O.B: 04/10/1987 (that makes me 20!)
Height: 6′
Shoe size: 11
Born & Raised in: Manchester, UK
Occupation: Full time student
Favourite colour of the minute: purple
Do you Photoshop your photos: yes I do, because Ansel Adams once said “Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.”
Canon or Nikon: nikon
Crunchy or smooth: crunchy

MY TOYS

Cameras:
Nikon D40x
Fujifilm S9500

Lenses:
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm ƒ/3.5-5.6G ED II
AF Nikkor 50mm ƒ/1.8D
Vivitar 80-200mm ƒ/4.5-32
Sigma 180mm ƒ/3.5 APO EX DG HSM Macro

Temp stuff:
Sometimes I get to borrow things from my girlfriend’s grandfather. Recently I’ve come into temporary possession of:
a Nikon FE
old 50mm prime
Hoya Star-6 filter
Hoya Polarizer
Hoya Sand filter
Hoya +3 close up filter.
Sunpak flash
Weston V exposure meter
(I’m still yet to understand the exposure meter or play with the FE)

Accessories:
Manfrotto 055XProB Tripod
Manfrotto Tripod Head 804RC2 (Three-way)
Manfrotto 681B monopod
Manfrotto 234RC monopod head
Nikon SB-10 Flash & Slave Unit (oh yeah, SB-10 baby)
A couple of SD memory cards too
ND 8 Filter, UV & a Skylight that came stuck to the Vivitar.

Other gadgetry:
Macbook
1 x 250gb Seagate hard drive
1 x 250gb Western Digital portable hard drive
iPod 80gb
Epson photo R320 printer
Lowepro Fastpack 250 (i love this bag)

AWARDS:
N/A…. well my girlfriend likes some of my photos

INTERVIEWS:
Somebody once asked me how I do HDR images but I told them a lie

FINAL WORDS:
I’m a man of few words… any questions?

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