Photography requires inspiration, time, technique and some equipment. Below are some of them.
I use a lot of Nikon stuff, film and digital, older and modern lenses. My black & white images are mostly done on film, but some are done digitally and then converted. I like the intimacy that my old film body with a 50mm lens brings. People open up and care less about being photographed than with a larger digital camera and bigger lenses. It also perfectly prevents me from looking at the display after each shot to see whether it worked. I focus more on seeing and shooting well that way.
My landscape work is done almost always with a big sturdy tripod, digital cameras and whatever lens feels right for the subject. I do get up before first light a lot, though.
The Jin Mao Tower stands for Shanghai like no other building. It is the second tallest building in Shanghai, dwarfed by the Wold Financial Center, but much prettier. It is one of the few buildings in Shanghai actually worth looking at for its design.
In this image, the tip is captured in the early morning light, revealing endless facets of glistening steel and glass.