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About cyclops

3rd September 2009

I am 3334 years old, and I live in Edinburgh with my lovely wife MrsCyclops and our cat Misty.

My professional life is in the technology industry. I have a degree in Computer Science and Electronic engineering and I am unashamedly fascinated by all things geeky. These days most of what I do is management, especially in the area of commercialising new technology. In 2009 I am taking a year out to go to business school and spend some time in global and high-growth companies, courtesy of a Saltire Fellowship. So far I've spent 4 months at Babson College in Boston and 3 months in California working for Sun Microsystems. I'm back in Edinburgh now, doing my final placement with a company here.

I have always had a passing interest in photography (one of my jobs was designing digital cameras!), but I took up SCUBA diving in 2005 and started developing a real interest in underwater photography. I originally started blipping to develop my skills for underwater photography (especially composition) but using the camera every day has really got me excited about photography of all kinds as a hobby! Being a geek, I find the technology side relatively easy - for me the challenge is developing my creative skills.

My current setup for underwater photography is a Fuji F31fd and an Epoque 150ds-alpha strobe (for some reason underwater photographers call flashes "strobes"). This compact camera is easy to handle underwater and has legendary low light performance - useful in the gloomy depths!

Above water the F31 comes out to play occasionally, but mostly I use my Olympus E620 DSLR (or backup E510). To go with it I have three zoom lenses (14-42mm, 40-150mm, 70-300mm all f/3.5 plus) and a 25mm f/2.8 prime, two FL-36 flashes, some old OM lenses (28mm and 50mm) and lots of wee gadgety things (I did warn you I'm a geek right?) that are seldom used but prove indispensible when they do come out of the bag!

I get a huge amount of pleasure out of blipping, and I think it has helped my photography a lot! I hope you'll enjoy some of my pictures too.

Some landmarks:
- 1st: Christmas Tree
- 100th: Beach
- 200th: Toast
- 300th: Glittering
- 365th: Caught in the Act
- 400th: 400 Blips
- 500th: May I present... 500 Blips!

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