My name is Josh Bast and this is my personal website to showcase some of my photography. I'm an amature photographer but have been serious about it since 2001.
I was Born in the U.S. in 1976, but spent most of my childhood years living in the Philippines as a son of a missionary family. I have a B.S. in Biology from the College of the Ozarks and an M.S. in Entomology from Clemson University.
My full time job is as a Medical Entomologist specializing in tropical medicine. My job has taken me all over the world where I have been fortunate enough to experience other cultures and try to capture them on “film”.
I shoot mostly with my Canon 7D, but my real hardware is in the glass. I have a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens, Canon USM 70-300mm f/4 telephoto, and a Canon L-series 17-40mm f/4 wide angle lens. I also have a Canon Speedlight 580EX flash and a Gitzo G1325 carbon fiber tripod with Acra-Swiss ballhead. I have a Canon G9 point-and-shoot for those times when I have to pack light and need something small. My 35K+, 3.5 Terabyte photo library is housed on a Drobo Network Attached Storage.
I shoot all my photos in raw format, and digital postprocessing is a must. I process my images on my 17in widescreen MacBook Pro using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Photomatix Pro and Adobe Photoshop. This site was primarily built using Matthew Campagnas' web photo gallery templates for Lightroom's web module.