This is the part of the website where we tell you a little about us. Fireflight Photo is a family of four, my lovely wife and me and our two dogs Maxi and Lakota. And 'yes' the dogs have participated in most of our photographic trips.
Well, that little into phrase will probably have you guessing if I am Australian and YEP, you would be right on the money. We are, Robert Andersen (that's me) and the better half is my partner in life Mila Andersen, the two dogs Lakota (Siberian Husky) and Maxi (Keeshond).
I am from Australia and Mila is from Bulgaria and we currently reside in USA. Mila has always had a deep interest in photography whereas I have only had a mild interest which was nowhere near the same level as that of Mila's.
Anyways, it started quite innocently a few years back. She needed (lol, wanted) a new camera setup, so we took a daytrip to hunts. A few thousand dollars later (ouch!) and a whole new Nikon F5 setup with lenses and we were ready to rock and roll. Mila got me involved and before you know it, I was hooked. Now we do everything photography as a couple and it is truly a joint venture.
Wasn't long before some of the initial lenses we bought were not up to Mila's standard, so off to Hunts again (ouch again!). We then ventured into the digital arena with the purchase of a Nikon D70. We wanted to buy the Nikon D1X. but Mila really wanted to wait for the D2X, for the D70 filled the void until the D2X was made available.
A lot of 'ouches' and a few years later we have put together a respectable equipment list, there is a section of the website called 'Equipment' dedicated to what we use.
Currently we use a mix of Nikon F5 using 35mm Velvia slide film and the D2X, with the D2X being the main camera we use. We do find that film gives a completely different result and will often mix the two mediums.
We try to get animals in their own environment and try not to intrude on their space. We have found that we do much better if we let the animals come to us.
Our dogs participate in most of our trip and together we have much fun and many weekends lost in the world of photography. But we love it and while it consumes most of our spare time, it is a nice change from previously being stuck in front of a computer and not venturing out into nature.
Now I just stay in front of the computer to maintain the website and process pictures. Mila is the main person prepping pictures for print and printing them on the various mediums we use.
Hope that gives you some insight into who we are.
Regards
Robert and Mila