Like most people, Wil had always owned a camera of some sort, but never considered himself to be a photographer. That began to change late in 2001, when he took a job at a small newspaper in Oklahoma. He was soon using the company's Sony Mavica digital cameras, which required floppy diskettes.
By December 2001, Wil bought a Sony Cybershot DSC-P50 (2.1 megapixels). After three years, Wil upgrade to the Olympus C750UZ (4 megapixels) in May 2004. With nearly full manual controls, Wil began to take decidedly better photographs, and even won the Oklahoma Press Association's "Photo of the Month" award in July 2004.
Then, in August 2005, Wil took another leap forward, buying a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (8.2 megapixels). Soon to folllow were extra lenses and other accessories. In 2007, Wil added a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi (10 megapixels). He now uses the following lenses and accessories:
Lenses:
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC
Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Flash:
Canon 420EX Speedlite
Accessories:
Cactus V4 Wireless Flash Trigger
Canon BG-E3 Battery Grip
Gepe Card Safe Extreme Combi
Kenko 2x Teleplus MC4 (teleconverter)
Kenko Extension Tube set (12mm, 20mm, 36mm)
Manfrotto 190XDB Tripod
Manfrotto 484RC2 ballhead
Tamrac Expedition 5 (Model 5575) backpack
By visiting Wil's
photo sets, you may view a small selection of the photographs that Wil has taken.
