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Richard C. Drew
add360.com
Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA


I've been involved in pano photography for over 25 years, originally shooting film and manually assembling the prints. My first quality digital camera was the Kodak DC-260 in 1999. I then switched to a Nikon Coolpix 995, and a couple of years later a CoolPix 8500 - plus assorted lenses, tripods and tripod heads. In 2006 I picked up my first DSLR - a Canon 20D. There's no looking back!

My current equipment: A Canon 40D DSLR, Sigma Fisheye (upgraded to the f/3.5 in Oct. 2008), various Canon lenses, assorted tripods, plus a few tripod heads: Manfrotto 303SPH, two different Agnos M-Rotator series, a Manfrotto ball head, and others. A dozen different flash units (remote, studio and on assorted brackets) plus a bunch of misc. clamps, supports, umbrellas, reflectors, brackets - the usual collection!

I also have a couple of different specialty monopods I constructed for ground level (1 inch off the ground - I used this for wwp606: Gardens) and elevated shots (25 feet up). My favorite is a modified Ski pole - I use it as a monopod on the slopes.

I capture panos whenever the mood strikes, often at job sites,on or near Lake Michigan, or events (community and family). My specialty is creating website content for personal and professional use.

The winter months are my favorite, when I can shoot on the snow covered bumps - wide angle (usually 4-12 shots), equirectangular panos, and ski racing photos.

http://www.add360.com

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Contributions:
wwp1209: Best Of 2009 / Full-Screen
Checking Out at the Grocery Store
Cermak Fresh Market, Aurora, Illinois, USA
wwp909: Performing Arts / Full-Screen
Muscle and Fitness Show Prep
Chicagoland, Illinois, USA
wwp609: Time / Full-Screen
Mausoleum of the Archangels
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Worth, Illinois, USA
wwp309: Diversity / Full-Screen
Books as far as the eye can read...
Paperback Trading Company, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
wwp1208: Best Of 2008 / Full-Screen
Artificial Winter Sun
Bridgeview, Illinois, USA
wwp908: Color / Full-Screen
So Many Colors So Little Time
My house - Rear Entrance, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
wwp608: Elevation / Full-Screen
Home is where the Roof is
Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
wwp308: Beginnings / Full-Screen
The Chicken or the Egg
Causality at Your Breakfast Table (Illinois, USA)
wwp108: Wrinkle Tribute / Full-Screen
Home for the Holidays
Anytown, USA (Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA)
wwp1207: Best of 2007 / Full-Screen
Getting Ready to Ski Lacrosse Mountain
Mt. Lacrosse Ski Area, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
wwp907: Sustenance / Full-Screen
Nourishment of the Imagination
At home, on the couch, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
wwp607: Community / Full-Screen
The Bugs From Brigadoon - 17 year Cicadas
Cook County Forests, Illinois, USA
wwp307: Atmosphere / Full-Screen
If Renoir Shot Panoramics "Gathering in the fog"
Centennial Park, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
wwp1206: Best of 2006 / Full-Screen
The Back 40
Private Estate, Chicago Southwest Suburbs, Illinois, USA
wwp906: Transportation / Full-Screen
Keeping Cars on the Road...
Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA
wwp606: Gardens / Full-Screen
Home Is Where The Garden Is
My Girlfriend's Back Yard, Illinois, USA
wwp306: Borders / Full-Screen
Border Apparitions - The Most Haunted Place in America
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, Illinois, USA
wwp1205: Best of 2005 / Full-Screen
Frozen Twilight
Centennial Park, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
wwp905: Energy / Full-Screen
Le Morte d'Energy
Mausoleum of the Archangels, Chicago, Illinois, USA
wwp605: Water / Full-Screen
Musical Waters
At the Water's Edge, Worth, Illinois, USA

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