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=AndrewPoison
Call me Andrew - or Tommy ;)
Artist | Professional | Varied
Germany
I was born 1987 in the former German Democratic Republic (a.k.a. "East Germany") and began to develop an interest in technology very early. I wasn't even 7 years in age when I configured DOS-running PCs with IRQ/DMA-changes due to a new soundcard or stuff like that. I also started programming my own applications in that time. For a long time, this was my by far most time-consuming and most expensive hobby. I also specialized in this fields while I was in school or at University.
Though, around 2006, I went out of home and lived on my own. To show my parents some pics of where I lived, I took their (bridge) camera and made some shots. It didn't take long until I realized I was into photography, too. So, after learning lots about photography, I spent quite a lot money on my first DSLR, to be followed by a couple of lenses, filters, and other stuff (and, subsequently, a new DSLR). Since this moment, photography became my most expensive hobby and my most beloved passion. Additionally, I also write some poetry (usually about love or death) since I am 10 - you can find some of those poems in my gallery, too.

I love to catch land-, water- and skyscapes, portraits of people and since I got my macro lens, also the tiniest things on Earth. Every now and then, I feel the need to "test" and "play" a bit with the camera, or to try out some new stuff I heard about. And as long as there are new things to discover every day in photography, I won't stop to explore them :)

My current line-up:
* Canon EOS 550D
* Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM
* Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM
* Canon 50mm f/1.8 II
* Tamron 90mm f/2.8 SP AF DI MACRO
* some protection-, ND- and polarizer filters for 72 and 82 mm
* a total of 68 GB of memory card storage space

Longing for:
* Canon EOS 5D Mk II
* Sigma 4.5mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM Circular Fisheye (for APS-C Camera, not the 5D)
* Canon 14mm f/2.8 L II USM
* Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM
* Canon 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
* Canon 85mm f/1.2 L II USM
* Canon 100mm f/2.8 L Makro IS USM
* Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
* Canon 600mm f/4.0 L IS II USM
- some of those lenses as a replacement for existing ones, others as an addition :)

My other hobbies include:
Photomanipulation, Architecture, Engines, Computers, Programming, Games,...

If I'd visit your country for photography, would you give me shelter? 

56%
18 deviants said Why not. That's a "yes"!
34%
11 deviants said If I'd knew you better, probably [me: so talk to me ^^]
9%
3 deviants said Uhm... no?
Many years have passed. And many things have happened. From nice to bad, from bad to worse. The last years have been an ongoing struggle. Nothing really seemed to work out at the end. The way I aligned my life and planned for it in the future didn't come true, as many other things I thought to be real. My entire life was formed to head in a single direction. Luckily, I started with photography back in 2007. And I loved it, right from the beginning. It gave me something that my IT-based education before couldn't give me. It changed me to the good. More over... it gave me a perspective, a way to express myself, and over the time I found out others liked what they saw from me as well. And now, in April 2012, something unimaginable happened. I made the turn to photography. Not only on my hobby base, but for real. Since April, I'm an "official" photographer. Paid. Salaried. I wrote a couple of applications as a photographer in March - my first as a photographer actually. And I had nothing but my personal shots like the ones you see here in dA. No "photographic background". I'm not a learned photographer. Or had any laboratory. Nothing. Just what I learned myself over the years. And already the second application quickly received a positive feedback. It didn't take long and I worked 3 days probationary for the photographic studio. After those days, I got in the team. Just... never thought that it would happen. My entire life designed to be some informatics guy, never got a real grip in there job-wise though, and on the first attempt to apply as a photographer, I got a professional hiring. Mind blown. My hobby is now my work. I earn money with what I love. It's a feeling I never considered to happen for me. Everything is just so unreal. Within a week, everything changed.
I know that I could easily earn more money if I had finished my studies and did my work in informatics, as an Administrator or whatever. But I learned to hate it. For years, it's the first time I feel save about my future. Or that there actually even exists a future for me. I felt so misplaced before. The only thing I still miss is the lady on my side. But I'm open for what is up to come ;)

So... whatever was on my mind before... consider it done! I'm a free man today. Free of thoughts and worries. Free of doubts. Free of strings and chains.
  • Listening to: Limp Bizkit - My Way (P. Diddy Remix)
  • Eating: Pizza
  • Drinking: Water

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~CecilieShelly Feb 28, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
Thanks for the fave :D :hug: :tighthug:
Too bad...Im not as good as you....
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=AndrewPoison Feb 28, 2012  Professional General Artist
It's awesome ;)

Don't worry... just continue shooting ^^

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie put you up for adoption.
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~CecilieShelly Feb 28, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
^^
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Thanks for the :llama:
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=AndrewPoison Feb 20, 2012  Professional General Artist
Thanks for your watch ^^

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thanks for the awesome art!! :aww:
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=AndrewPoison Feb 20, 2012  Professional General Artist
Always ;)

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~EternalBliss777 Feb 19, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Thanks for the Llama!! :hug:

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=AndrewPoison Feb 19, 2012  Professional General Artist
Thanks for your watch :)

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