Jean-Paul LaCount has been interested in photography since a 7th grade photograhy class. He won his first point-and-shoot camera on a game show a few months prior. It wasn't until college graduation, where he recieved his first SLR camera, that his passion was truly ignited. West|LaCount photography was born 3 years later and has had web presence in one way or another since 2001. His works have been featured in several competitions, published in books, magazines, websites and used as stock photography. He combines his love for photography with his background in Biology and web development.
Currently Jean-Paul lives in Seattle, Washington and works as a web developer to support his photography.
Equipment
A varitey of cameras, lenses, and photographic equipment is utilized to produce the images seen on West|LaCount photography. This is a partial list:
Cameras:
- Canon EOS 20D Digital SLR
- Canon EOS 5 SLR
Lenses:
- Peleng 8mm Fisheye
- Canon 17-40mm F4L
- Tamron 90mm F2.8 Macro
- Canon 70-200mm F2.8L
- Sigma 170-500mm F5-6.3
Other:
- Canon Speedlite 550EX Flash
- Bogen Manfrotto Tripod w/ Ball Head Mount
- Ikelite Underwater SLR housing
- Ikelite Substrobe 50
- Ikelite Substrobe 100a
- Minolta Dimage Scan Elite slide and negative scanner
