I live in the West Midlands, Worcestershire area of England aka UK aka Great Britian.

 

I have been taking photographs since the mid 70's and have had work published in print, on greeting & business cards, used on websites, appeared on Blog websites, used for corporate wallpapers, and used for TV.

 

I also have many years experience of digital image editing, using mainly Adobe Photoshop.

 

If you'd like to contact me, you can email me at :

flickr@BobHenryPhotography.co.uk

 

Thank you,

Bob

 

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COPYRIGHT

 

All my images are © 1970-2970. All rights reserved.

 

If you wish to use any of my photos or images please contact me ( flickr@BobHenryPhotography.co.uk ) for a fast and helpful response. To date my work has been seen on christmas cards, corporate wallpapers, newspapers, magazines, peoples walls, wedding cake, TV, corporate DVDs and more!

 

Blogging me or my photos? Fine, but please inform me and even add the info as a comment to my photo so every one else knows! See who's blogged me...just google "Bob Henry Photography" !!

 

MY PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY

 

I have a confession...I'm a photoholic. Feels good to finally get it out. Sometimes I blame my father as in about 1977 when my Dad asked me to take his pic of him in front of a fountain and I made him look up in the air so it looked like the water was shooting out of his mouth, the camera... a 120 format old old folding camera. Also getting to play with a Polaroid camera in the 70's that was a friends and was amazed at the instant photos! Never got one, I stuck with film until a few years ago! Oh, and my parents met over the photographic counter in a Chemist ... where my Dad got his slides/films processed! I converted from film to digital for P&S-ing with the help of a certain ‘red logo’ photo d&p shop after they screwed up all my APS negs and photo CDs (took 7 attempts to get them right) and ended up with them giving me a nice settlement figure. I used it to buy my first digital camera (Oly 220) as I gave up after that getting all my P&S films done as D&P+CD due to the costs and trusting the shops get them right. Otherwise I'd still be using film and a scanner. Then again the internet has been invented and Flickr and broadband and 36m pixel SLRs I may have moved over by now.

 

MY KIT

 

1976-1978 - Only used my Dad's camera. A Houghton Ensign 'Selfix 820' from 1952-5. It has a Epsilon shutter and Ross Xpress lens. A classic British folding camera with 'Albada' (folding) viewfinder giving either 8 or 12 pictures on 120..It has an Ensar 105mm.F4.5 lens in an Epsilon shutter(B T 1-250). Epsilon is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, E! I now have it and intend to put a 120 film through it soon! It hasn't been used since about 1978. It's worth about £25-90 with case and light meter. It was £8 in 1960 (a weeks wage) when my Dad bought it secondhand. Houghton Ensign was founded in 1867 in London from a glass comapny and they faded away in 1961 (read about them here www.ensign.demon.co.uk/ensigncamerapage.htm) Read about the camera here.. licm.org.uk/livingImage/Selfix820.html

 

1978-1983 - I still have my first camera, a Kodak S-10 (1967-72) 126 instamatic. I bought it at a jumble sale in about 1978 for 50p. Not used sadly since 1985. It would have originally cost £28 new. Today it is worth up to £10! Take a look .. www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/IS10-1.html

 

1983-1985 - Minolta Autopak 500

 

1985-1985 - I bought my first new camera, a bright red Konica Pop. A design classic with flash and manual film advance. I replaced it after 3 films as it was faulty. I have since bought another to complete my collection. Originally in 1985 it cost £45 from Harts Photography in Lye, today it cost me £10 to replace. Here's a look .. photo.even.free.fr/Photos/_ColApp/APP0721.php

 

1985-1991 - I had a Ricoh XF-30 for a few years after the Pop but sold it to buy an Amiga A500 and just kept/used my Nikon F301. I am still looks to buy one again! Originally in 85 it cost £60 from Boots, today it can be £10. See more on it here .. www.butkus.org/chinon/ricoh_xf-30/ricoh_xf-30.htm

 

1987 – Present - I have the highly acclaimed 1980's Nikon F301 35mm SLR with several MF lenses. Still used on rare occasions. Originally in 87 it cost £250 from Jessops with 35-70mm and bits-n-bobs. today it is worth £90 body+lens. See more on it here .. www.reviewcentre.com/reviews867.html

 

1993 – 1999 - I have a little Konica EU-mini 35mm, which was replaced with my Ixus. It was a cheapo pocket camera used instead of my F301 when out at night etc. Not used anymore but still keep it just in case! It was about £30 from Boots and is worth about 1p now !

 

1999 - 2000 - I have the first Canon Ixus APS camera that I used for snapshots while travelling. The first and original Ixus, a design that's still with us today. Not used since I started using my digital compacts I’m sad to say. I even have a IR remote for it. The pop up flash sticks up a little which is a common fault after a long fun life (the Ixus II had a non pop up flash)! A great camera. Originally in 1999 it cost £245 from Currys/Comet, today it can be bought for £5-30. I still use it's soft case for my Nikon 3700! Here it is .. www.ciao.co.uk/Canon_IXUS_Compact_Camera__2155

 

2000-2003 - I have an Olympus Camedia C-220 digital 2m camera that I got to see what digital cameras could do for me over film/scanning. Uses Smart media (up to 128mb). A great camera apart from the lens cover issues when shutting it .. it hits the lens if your too quick! Originally it cost £180 from Jessops, today it is worth £35. Here it is .. www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h341.htm

 

October 2003 - December 2004

Sony Ericsson T610i Mobile Phone with VGA Digital Camera. Rubbish! It's so dated now in 2007! It was my first mobile phone with a camera, never really used it!

 

2004 – 2006 - I now use my amazing little, yet top quality, 3m Nikon Coolpix 3700. I’d never sell it. Takes great pics as you can see on here. It was a leaving prezzy from my company when I left to go to work on a cruise ship (teaching IT incl. photo editing and photography). Read about it here.. www.dpreview.com/news/0310/03102801nikoncp3700.asp

 

December 2004 - March 2006

Sony Ericsson K700i Mobile Phone with 1m Pixel Digital Camera. Not bad. It was my second mobile phone with a camera, used it a little!

 

2005 – 2013 - After 5 years trying digital cameras and now dSLRs are in my price range (under £1000) I got myself a Nikon D70s body and a 18-70mm lens. Everywhere was sold out as till Jan 2006, it took loads of calls to get my D70s. I also got a SB600 flash and 70-300 Nikon zoom lens. Here is info on the camera .. www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05042003nikond70s.asp

 

2006 – 2007

Sony Ericsson K750i Mobile Phone with 2m Pixel Digital Camera. It's OK I guess. Use it a lot more than my previous 2 phones with cameras.

 

2006 - After several years missing film cameras, having a interest in old cameras and camera history, and wanting to practice my fully manual photography with a manual camera I decided to by a real old clockwork camera ... and for £47 I bought a Yashica-C twin lens reflex 120 format camera in excellent condition from 1958 along with a light meter and 6 rolls of B&W film and 4 colours (I think I may stick to B&W with this camera as it's from 1958). BUT is broke after 3 months and no film came out. A good excuse to buy another! I would love to know the history of this camera and it's owners, I'm sure it's got a soul of it's own. It's lovely to use! It takes 6x6cm exposures on currently available 120 (medium format) roll film (£1-£3 new and in date). Camera has the Yashikor 80mm f3.5 lens in a Copal MX shutter (1 sec. to 1/300 sec.). More info .. medfmt.8k.com/mf/yashicac.html and info on TLR cameras .. medfmt.8k.com/mf/tlr.html

 

2006 - After my Yashica died I wanted a Rolliflex, but they are rare or expensive or real bad condition. So I looked for a WWII Rolleicord (cheaper version made by Rolliflex) and bought this TLR from 1939!! Cost me £40 and still running my 1st film through it. We'll see how it goes. Imagine, someone during WWII used this camera either in the UK or Germany !medfmt.8k.com/mf/yashicac.html and info on TLR cameras .. medfmt.8k.com/mf/tlr.html

 

2006 - My newest camera purchase, cost £5 but can be worth up to £60! The Kodak Retinette 1b was a product of the German Kodak AG. It was a viewfinder camera with built-in selenium-meter. It had been produced from 1959 to 1963.

 

2007 - 2009

Sony Ericsson K810i 3G Mobile Phone with 3m Pixel Digital Camera. 3.2m pixels but still a tiny lens. Nice silver metal buttons too! Photos were pretty good!

 

2006-2010 - Panasonic Lumix FX7.

 

2009-PRESENT - Apple iPhones from 3GS onwards.

 

2010-2014 - Panasonic Lumix TZ10.

 

2013-2018 - Nikon D800.

 

2013-2018 - Nikon 14-24mm f2.8.

 

2013-2018 - Nikon 24-70mm f2.8.

 

2013-2016 - Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 VR.

 

2014-2017 - Panasonic Lumix TZ30.

 

2017-Present - Panasonic Lumix TZ90.

 

Countries I've Visted..

 

(11% of all countries. 35 in total : England, Wales, Scotland, USA, Antiga, Barbados, British Vigin Islands, Dominica, Granada, Tobago, Venezuela, Tusisia, Gurnsey, Croatia/Yugoslavia, Faroe Islamds, France, Gibralta, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Sicily, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Azores, Madeira, Spain, Majorca/Mallorca, Canary Islands, Corsica, Ukraine/Russia, Vatican City, & Turkey.)

 

US States I've Visited...

 

(11% of all states. 7 in total : California, Nevada, Arizona, New York, Georgia & Tennessee)

 

Flickr : Joined in 2005. Became a Pro member 16/6/06.