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Hi, my name is Ricard Sunding and I´m a photographer who takes pics of what I like and try to recreate the feeling I had when having the experience. My main perversion is nature and all the shapes in which it manifests. I´m born, raised and living in Borås, Sweden an average sized town (100 000 citizens) surrounded by forests and lakes so my motives are always close. I´m pretty new to photography and try to pick it up as I go along. I first started with photography in the late ´90s with a borrowed Praktica LTL3 which I still got in my drawer (sorry Kenneth if you read this please contact me). But after a year or two life took me in another direction for a couple of years and I kind of forgot about it til 2002 when I bought my first digital camera to use with iridology. The camera, a Nikon 4500 did what it was supposed to do but not much more so 2006 I got my first DSLR. A Nikon D80 with a kitzoom 18-135mm which I still use as a backup apart from that the lens had to make room for some prime oldiesgoldies. Since January 2011 I now use my new DSLR a Nikon D300s as my base and the D80 as a backup. I try to keep my camerabag small as I know myself to be pretty darn lazy so most of it will probably stay at home anyway. Presently I got my D300s, D80, two AI 50mm lenses (f1,8 and f2,0) and an AI 400/5,6 tele and a Tamron sd 90/2,8 macro plus a Tamron AF SP180/3,5 Di LD (IF) Macro that currently are my favourite. When I first started I had my 400mm tele lens mounted most of the time but the "trend" has developed to focusing on the small stuff from a macro and micro perspective. Most of my lenses are manual which is a conscious choice I´ve made as a big part of photography for me personally is the feeling I get from working manually. Have I missed any pics due to it...heck yes ..tons of em but on the other hand I´ve missed quiet a few due to using AF as well. And to be honest I´m as lousy photographer as I am a birdwhatcher. Not too rarely have I gone "OOOOHH" pointing at a bird with my camera resting in my lap, and probably not noticed even rarer birds due to contemplating my navel laying on my back in the grass. But I wouldn´t want to have it any other way so who cares.
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