That’s right, my brother Richard Mitchell is also a serious photographer. As a matter of fact, his switch to digital is a big part of what rekindled my serious interest in photography a few years back.

While we share some photographic interests (landscape photography, for example), we also pursue some different subjects. For example, he has done significant portrait work – I have barely touched that aspect of photography, doing only a very small number of informal shots of friends and family. In addition, having a son who is a serious gymnast, he has a lot of experience photographing that sort of sport. He has posted an interesting and useful report and how-to on this topic at his blog.

(When I see some of the lenses he uses and the prices of this gear, I think I’m glad I do landscape! :-)