My name is Terrence Cooney, and I took most of the pictures that appear here while in the military overseas. I grew up in Vermont some time ago and presently call Washington D.C. home, but I have lived in quite a few different places. Besides travel and photography, I'm interested in history, architecture, computers, engineering, and classical music. Some of my favorite movies are: Monty Python's Life of Brian and the Holy Grail, Dr. Strangelove, the Mission, and Breaker Morant.
Here are a couple of (older) photos of me:
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I took most of the pictures on this site with the Canon EOS Elan and 28-80mm lens, but I've also used the Canon EOS 1n, EOS 3, Nikon N/F90S/X (both), Nikon N70, and most recently, the Canon Digital Rebel XT and Nikon D200. For lenses, I've used the Canon 28-70mm f/2.8L, 24-70mm f/2.8L, Tokina 80-400mm, the Nikon 35-70mm f/2.8 D, the 17-55mm DX f/2.8 G ED IF and the 28-105mm. I've also tried the Mamiya 7II and 80mm lens, but I soon gave up due only to my impatience. Most of my photos are from print film, but I have experimented with slides to varying degrees of success on my Vermont and Rio pages.
Digitally, I've used a Canon Digital Rebel XT, XTi, and 5D with the 24-105mm f/4L IS and 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS lenses, and the Nikon D200 with 17-55mm f/2.8G ED-IF DX. Presently, I'm using a Nikon D3 and AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED. Most of my shots with this setup are on my Washington D.C. pages. I'm trying to retake my photos from this area because of my preference for digital images over my older film ones.
All these photos were manipulated to some extent in Adobe Photoshop CS3. I used a Nikon Coolscan V (LS-50) for scanning, Neat Image Pro for noise reduction, and Frontpage 2003 for my web design. I also use Photokit Color 2 for color correction. Generally, I try to do as little as possible to get a faithful reflection of how I believe a scene should look. Using my first digital SLR with only a strong haze filter was one of the best decisions I've made in some time.
Some sites I find extremely useful:
www.dpreview.com : The de facto site, in
my opinion, for camera reviews.
luminous-landscape.com : An
excellent site for reviews, tutorials, howtos, and comments.
http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/overview : A great site dedicated to lens
analysis & review.
www.fredmiranda.com : A good site for
user reviews on lenses & cameras.