30 years old and live in Sortland, Norway.
I bought/got my first DSLR as a birthday present from my girlfriend for my 27th birthday, a used Canon 30D. A few months later I bought a Sigma 10-20mm and never looked back. I have read probably thousands of pages about photography since that day, and likewise taken several thousand images. I recently upgraded to a used Canon EOS 5D and a Canon EF 17-40 f/4L. That is probably my best decision yet. Now the processing of the images takes the back seat and I can focus on the image itself, not how to get it sharp.
I have been passionate about photography a long time, but I never got around buying my own camera after I got fed up developing films. The spark came the first week of hunting 2008, specifically 12. September at around noon. Sitting 1000m above sea level and looking over a SPECTACULAR valley thinking:"Man, I wish I had a camera!". That made me almost obsessed with getting my own digital SLR. And finally I nagged so much that my girlfriend agreed to let me buy the 30D as a present to myself from her. The rest is, as they say, history.
Hope there is lots more from me to come and that you enjoy my images as much as I enjoy taking them.
Cheers
Håkon
