Lee Thomas (dunezilla@gmail.com)
DustySensor.ca has been a project that has kept me busy for about 2 years now. Previously I hosted a gallery where I would throw up a whole ton of pictures from various events in my life. I changed to the daily picture format when I realized I wanted to show off my favorite/best work in a showcase manner, rather then having them lost in the sheer volume of pictures. Thus DustySensor.ca was born.
What the heck is a dusty sensor you ask? Well, if you’re a photographer you have no doubt been confronted with dust.. on your sensor. Digital SLR cameras have an exposed sensor that seems to attract dust, leaving big annoying spots on your pictures. Thank goodness for the Photoshop spot healing tool! Its a pain in the butt to clean your sensor, but some camera companies are starting to come up with ways to automatically clean the sensor.. That will be a sad day, I wonder if I will change the site name?
I am not a professional photographer, in fact, I am a pilot. I am married to a wonderful woman named Becky. We currently live in
Inuvik, Northwest TerritoriesMale, Maldives , where I am a First Officer on an aircraft called a Twin Otter (DHC-6) (picture). My wife works as a nurse at the Inuvik Regional Hospital.Life in the Arctic is pretty neat. Yes, it is cold, but with the cold comes beauty. The temperature up here ranges from -45 in the winter (without windchill) to +30 during the few months of summer. In the winter we recieve 30 days of straight darkness, and in the summer its 24 hours of sunlight. If you have any questions on life up here, don’t hesitate to email me.
Even though I am not a professional, I have been lucky to be published several times:
Toronto Star, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
Calgary Herald, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
Toronto Sun, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
Hamilton Spectator, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
National Post, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
Dose, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
Calgary Sun, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
San Francisco Chronicle, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
Der Speigle, Nr. 32 August 8th 2005, Article: Gluck im Graben (Page 120) (PDF)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
The Seattle Times, August 3rd 2005, Front Page (PDF)
CNN.com “All survive Air France jet crash and fire, August 3rd 2005 (Link)
Aircrash Images were also seen on Global TV, and CNN, August 2nd 2005.Segment on John Travolta in Hamilton, ON, Global TV, August 18th 2006.
News Story on John Travolta in Hamilton, ON, Hamilton Spectator, August 19th 2006.
Limited Edition James Bond Book “Devil May Care” written by Sebastian Faulks. Due out May 28, 2008.
My Camera gear currently consists of:
