About Me
About Me:
<div> I've been taking photographs for as long as I can remember, my first camera, I bought at a scout jumble sale. I can't remember what it was, except it was all manual back in those days, even focus had to be determined using a range-finder - but all that stuff teaches you the art properly.<br /> <p> Since then I have haemorrhaged money on photographic equipment....but I don't think I regret any single purchase. </p> <p> I naturally progressed onto 35mm SLR stuff as soon as I could afford to and at one time owned the legendary Olympus OM1 (after trying out some of the other Olympus alternatives). </p> <p> I eventually wound up working for an advertising agency that had its own photographic studio. Although I joined as a Graphic Artist, I soon started meddling with the kit and wound up developing and running a division for Audio Visual, basically, multiple 35mm slide projectors controlled by a computer. This involved a certain discipline of photography; shooting full frame 35mm slide with bursts of sequential movement. </p> <p> Ultimately, we took more control of the studio, eventually running our own imaging suite with a high-resolution slide imaging head, sickles rostrum camera and custom compound table, continuous E6 processing line, etc etc. This all sounds gobbledygook now...but to anyone who knows, it was the muts nutz! </p> <p> Working in that environment allowed me to accumulate other cameras and for a spell, I played around with medium format and still have a C330 and a 645...I never owned a Hasselblad although we had two in the studio. </p> <p> Nowadays, I shoot on a 5D MkIV and a Pixel Phone. </p> <p> My other passion for diving has meant I now challenge myself to try to bring back underwater memories, my current rig is the 5D IV in a Sea & Sea MDX housing with two Inon Z240 Strobes. </p> <p> I class myself as an amateur / hobbyist, as most of the work I see from my colleagues is so much better than mine. I don't go out looking for shots or planning them. I guess I'm more of a journalistic-style photographer. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div>
<div> I've been taking photographs for as long as I can remember, my first camera, I bought at a scout jumble sale. I can't remember what it was, except it was all manual back in those days, even focus had to be determined using a range-finder - but all that stuff teaches you the art properly.<br /> <p> Since then I have haemorrhaged money on photographic equipment....but I don't think I regret any single purchase. </p> <p> I naturally progressed onto 35mm SLR stuff as soon as I could afford to and at one time owned the legendary Olympus OM1 (after trying out some of the other Olympus alternatives). </p> <p> I eventually wound up working for an advertising agency that had its own photographic studio. Although I joined as a Graphic Artist, I soon started meddling with the kit and wound up developing and running a division for Audio Visual, basically, multiple 35mm slide projectors controlled by a computer. This involved a certain discipline of photography; shooting full frame 35mm slide with bursts of sequential movement. </p> <p> Ultimately, we took more control of the studio, eventually running our own imaging suite with a high-resolution slide imaging head, sickles rostrum camera and custom compound table, continuous E6 processing line, etc etc. This all sounds gobbledygook now...but to anyone who knows, it was the muts nutz! </p> <p> Working in that environment allowed me to accumulate other cameras and for a spell, I played around with medium format and still have a C330 and a 645...I never owned a Hasselblad although we had two in the studio. </p> <p> Nowadays, I shoot on a 5D MkIV and a Pixel Phone. </p> <p> My other passion for diving has meant I now challenge myself to try to bring back underwater memories, my current rig is the 5D IV in a Sea & Sea MDX housing with two Inon Z240 Strobes. </p> <p> I class myself as an amateur / hobbyist, as most of the work I see from my colleagues is so much better than mine. I don't go out looking for shots or planning them. I guess I'm more of a journalistic-style photographer. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div>
