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.
A child in an orphanage in Shanghai is looking straight at the viewer. With little hope of adoption these children have little to look forward to and their nurses are constantly looking for better food, diapers and more to help them survive another few months.
They have a volunteer program. Money donations are not accepted, but items, like diapers, milk powder, food, etc are.