I grew up in Essex/Hertfordshire in the UK, just North of London, but ironically I only got into photography properly after moving away from pastures green and relocating to the big city for university. I studied Sport & Exercise Science and Sociology in South West London, and did a bit of travelling along the way, mostly in Europe, which inspired me to go out and take pictures. As with most people, I started off with film and went straight into digital when first I could with a Sony Cybershot 3.2 megapixel compact camera.
I used this camera to take pictures at events for my University and for the student newspaper while working as editor of photography. Photography is a very expensive hobby, and it was only when I left univerisity and started earning that I could really progess properly. It was then that I began to take the plunge and started to read up on the most appropriate started kit, which at the time was the Nikon D50. I learnt the ropes with this excellent camera for around a year, and with the help of an essential subsciption to Photography Monthly magazine started to really enjoy myself. After producing a few worthy images and 'getting my eye in' I felt it only right to produce a website and take a few more steps forward with my hobby. Being my own biggest critic this did take a while!
I'm completely self-taught though books and magazines and haven't been on any courses, yet. Last year after a little bit of saving and a lot of deep breaths I made the upgrade to the superb pro-spec D200 Nikon camera and a crisp new Nikon AF-S 18-70mm DX Lens to accompany my trusted Tamron AF 70-300 LD Lens, which I still have now.
I now have an hugely extensive range of Nikon DSLR camera bodies, lens' and flash-guns, as well as the excellent Interfit Stellar 300 Studio Flash Kit.
Please have a browse through these pages and let me know what you think. All feedback is welcome....
|
