About neuroticjose / Jose Ongpin  

Hiya and thanks for dropping by. A little bit of something about me:

Just recently, I started work in a photo store. Don't ask where and what it is, it is simply in Mississauga. But I enjoy it, so far so good, till Christmas, haha. Anyhow...

I learned photography on my own; I could still remember having the opportunity to borrow the high school digital camera, a 2 megapixel Fuji, in 2000 at the time the most sought after and advanced picture making machine in the communications department and take a photograph of the breathtaking fall Scarborough sunset. That got me into going for communications design. I never touched developing agents nor have I used a film SLR. I had a Nikon point and shoot but that was it. As soon as I owned my own digital camera, and worked my butt off to purchase a digital SLR, I began to experiment. I loved photography from that day with the Fuji camera; but I regret not taking photography classes in high school.

Photographing with a Nikon D70s, Nikon F90x/N90s, Nikon Coolpix 995, and the newest additions to the Emporium of Cameras - Minolta SRT 101, Mamiya C220 TLR, and a Canon Digital Rebel. I aspire to be a professional photographer + graphic designer by the time I graduate; I'm gradually going up that art + design career ladder and I want to get to the top having a lot of fun taking pics while earning a living off of it.

Also a Toronto Transit enthusiast. I'm primarily focusing on urban night photography and urban landscapes, in Toronto that is until I get a car to explore other cities in the Greater Toronto Area, and in time other cities around the country and the world (given time to live through them and what not), as well as the public transport system, and special interest and if I get the opportunity, a bit of photojournalism.

Equipped with a Nikon D70s, Nikon F90x, N90s for infrared (real soon), Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Fisheye, Nikkor 18-70mm AF-S f/3.5-4.5G IF ED DX, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 APO EX, Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC, Sigma EF-500 DG Super iTTL Flash Gun, Nikon Coolpix 995 3.2mpix, Canon Powershot A610 5mpix P&S.

Just so y'all know, all photos have a Creative Commons licence, and all photos are posted without commercial purpose (had they were commercially sold, then why would they be at flickr? Unless they're for someone I specify it to be for their or my commercial purpose. Other than that, I don't want to get into sh*t posting someone's candid photo and having it seen in a commercial nature, ie. newspapers, without my permission). As well, do please ask me if you want to use my photographs for your publications, etc. My work is mine and stealing it is wrong. Very wrong.

Also, I do shoot candids, and if somehow somewhere you see yourself on my photostream and you're not comfortable with the idea that I've captured you without you knowing (and without permission, of course candids are candids) and you do not want a photo of you posted on the intarweb, I am more than happy to remove the photo from my flickr page - just drop me a line by sending a flickrmail. :)

neuroticjose's flickr score: 2887

I'm Male and Single.

Toronto, Canada