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I am retired and live in Leigh on Sea, Essex, UK. I am on the East Anglian Federation 'C' list of Camera Club judges and also available to give talks to camera clubs if invited. Please use the contact form if you would like me to visit your club. |
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I cannot remember the date, (I was at infant school) but I can remember the occasion when I discovered the joy of photography.
I watched, as if by magic an image appear, on a piece of paper. I was in my fathers darkroom watching him develop black and white prints, truly magical.
Dad was a member of a camera club and as I progressed to junior school I was allowed to accompany him to the club nights and outings. I remember one outing to the Manchester Ship canal and I set off a klaxon on board one of the ships we were photographing. On the same ship we photographed a snake wrapped around a pretty girls neck!
My first camera was one that an uncle had made. It used 35mm film and only had one setting as I remember, I just had to squeeze the shutter release.
When I was 18, I joined the British Army and was posted to what was then West Germany. I went through a succession of cameras till I bought a Rolliecord VB, and an Olympus OM1. I had them both for many years, only parting with them when I 'went digital’, much to my regret.
During my time in the Army, I served as a Unit Photographer and was employed to take photographs of all manner of things. I remember doing some aerial photography from a helicopter and only realised that I was not strapped in when we landed. I had been photographing through the big door, asking the pilot to bank so I could get my shot, I was very lucky not to have fallen out!
When I was posted back to the UK I had a 'nice little earner' doing weddings and social photography, mess function and summer balls, which enabled me to upgrade my equipment to a Bronica ETR, a roll film SLR. I still have that camera and standard lens and am tempted to get some film and put a roll through it from time to time.
But now I am fully digitalised. I still use Olympus gear and use a mirror-less interchangeable lens camera, Olympus OM-D E-M1 for my main work, it is much lighter to carry than a DSLR.
After I retired from my day job in Kent, I was able to join a camera club and had some success in club competitions and the Kent Photographic Alliance Exhibition.
My passion is for landscape photography, wildlife and grandchildren but I will take photographs of anything that takes my fancy, so long as it is legal and decent.
I watched, as if by magic an image appear, on a piece of paper. I was in my fathers darkroom watching him develop black and white prints, truly magical.
Dad was a member of a camera club and as I progressed to junior school I was allowed to accompany him to the club nights and outings. I remember one outing to the Manchester Ship canal and I set off a klaxon on board one of the ships we were photographing. On the same ship we photographed a snake wrapped around a pretty girls neck!
My first camera was one that an uncle had made. It used 35mm film and only had one setting as I remember, I just had to squeeze the shutter release.
When I was 18, I joined the British Army and was posted to what was then West Germany. I went through a succession of cameras till I bought a Rolliecord VB, and an Olympus OM1. I had them both for many years, only parting with them when I 'went digital’, much to my regret.
During my time in the Army, I served as a Unit Photographer and was employed to take photographs of all manner of things. I remember doing some aerial photography from a helicopter and only realised that I was not strapped in when we landed. I had been photographing through the big door, asking the pilot to bank so I could get my shot, I was very lucky not to have fallen out!
When I was posted back to the UK I had a 'nice little earner' doing weddings and social photography, mess function and summer balls, which enabled me to upgrade my equipment to a Bronica ETR, a roll film SLR. I still have that camera and standard lens and am tempted to get some film and put a roll through it from time to time.
But now I am fully digitalised. I still use Olympus gear and use a mirror-less interchangeable lens camera, Olympus OM-D E-M1 for my main work, it is much lighter to carry than a DSLR.
After I retired from my day job in Kent, I was able to join a camera club and had some success in club competitions and the Kent Photographic Alliance Exhibition.
My passion is for landscape photography, wildlife and grandchildren but I will take photographs of anything that takes my fancy, so long as it is legal and decent.
