My name is Justin Rae, I began taking pictures of landscapes while I was young and would accompany my Dad on backpacking and hiking adventures. After the advent of digital cameras I purchases a small Point and Shoot Canon SD450 in November of 2005 for a snowboarding trip in Colorado. As time progressed and I took more and more pictures where ever I'd go I started to notice pictures getting better and better content. Then I started to learn how to use the manual features on my camera to get a better shot of the content and subject of the photos. This pocket sized camera went every where with me. Literally. I purchased an underwater enclosure in 2007 and had no fear taking it any where I went whether it was the beach, the tops of mountains at 13,000 ft or the depths of the ocean around 60+ ft below. This camera accompanied myself and all the adventures of J Squared for 4 years and hundreds of diving expeditions. In September 2009 on a dive trip to Gennie Springs Florida condensation built up inside the underwater housing and zapped the camera. For the next couple months borrowed a Canon Powershot A1100. In November of 2009 I purchased the Canon Rebel T1i kit and addition 250mm lens. The increased power and ability to get the shot I want and could never get with a point and shoot is amazing!
I now currently take Landscape Architecture Photos for MGB+A and operate my own small business ventures to learn more about these please visit
http://www.thesunrae.com
Those local to Salt Lake City can buy custom frames and see my work on display at the 27th Street Gallery on the corner of 2700 S and West Temple.
I also currently operate 2 small businesses Sun Rae Accounting (
http://www.qbcoursesonline.com) and Sun Rae Sandals (
http://www.sunraesandals.com). I'm willing to give a special discount to photographers that need help with their accounting or would like their books managed for them.