My enjoyment for Photography all started with a Kodak 110
Cartridge camera that I probably ‘acquired’ from my mother.
Some years later I received a 35mm ‘Point and Shoot’ fixed
focus camera for a Birthday or Christmas. This camera was the first time I
remember ‘going out’ on my own, on my mountain bike to take shots. There was a
real excitement in waiting for your prints to come back from the Chemist after
you had dropped the 35mm film in.
This was my first insight into taking a photograph as trying
to get the best from this camera was remembering to change the ISO setting and
really focusing on what you want to see in the final image.
A few more years passed before I purchased my first 35mm
SLR. It was a Pentax ME Super. I loved this camera, as it was my first ‘real’
SLR camera. I remember studying all of the controls and options until I was
happy with most situations. I took it lovingly to Portugal with my mother, only
to have it stolen from our hire car during a visit to a Portuguese Market place!
Loved that camera.
The story didn’t end there though...around 1996, I enrolled on a Photography course at our local college, and the best
camera for the job? Yep, I found another Pentax ME Super from a Second Hand camera shop in Bristol!
I went onto pass my final exams, proudly exhibit a picture and achieved a City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Colour Photography and Black & White Photography.
Fast forward a fair few years and my everyday camera became a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 digital compact camera.
Then at the age of 36, I rediscovered my enjoyment again in Photography. So much so, that I saved and owned my first DSLR! A beautiful Black Canon 1100D.
2016 - Completion of Digital Photography Course with Sydney Photographic Workshops, tutored by Kim Welinski (AAIPP) of Asterisk Photography.
2017 - To add a new dimension to my images I now have a DJI Mavic Pro Drone and completed a Flight Foundations Course with UAV Air.
2018 - Completed Photography Workshop: The Portrait Exposed tutored by Brent Wilson, The Aperture Club.
- Made the decision to really improve the quality of my images by added to my arsenal an amazing Sony Alpha A6000 mirror-less interchangeable lens digital camera.
I hope to use this Blog to showcase the images I capture for my family, friends and anyone who stumbles across it.
Photographic Genres: Portrait Photography, Fitness Photography, Beauty Photography, Aerial Photography,
Dance Photography & Automotive Photography.
Favourite Photographers: Jason Lanier, Sean Archer & Tommy Reynolds.
Enjoy…
