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There is nothing original in my photos - every photograph I've ever admired has been rehashed somehow, somewhere. Flickr has made a big difference to my photography: admiring the work of others has led me to shooting subjects and trying techniques I would never have thought of previously.

I love capturing things I see just as much as when i began, 30-odd years ago.

I'm fond of macro photos but am liable to snap anything that gets my attention: I'm always on the look out for my next 'good' photo but I don't take it too seriously: I know when I've got a good shot 'in the bag' but don't mind showing snapshots or those which aren't technically perfect if there's a story attached; if that's all I could get, or they make me laugh.

Photographers whose work I enjoy

Those I know or knew personally:

Gerry Broughton FRPS - the head of photography whilst I was studying at Southfields College.

Greg Lucas - a fellow, but far more talented, student at Southfields; now senior lecturer in photography at De Montfort University, Leicester.

Cherry Thompson - a model turned photographer, who was the first 'tog' I know of to use macro lenses in pin-up photography.

Alfred Stieglitz

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Elliott Erwitt

Robert Doisneau

Frank Meadow-Sutcliffe

André Kertesz

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Yousuf Karsh

Edward Weston

Ansel Adams

Shinzo Maeda

Heather Angel

John Blakemore

Martin Parr

Elliott Erwitt

Robert Doisneau

Arthur Sidey

(Check out some of their work)

- And scores of photographers on here.

Larger sizes of most of my photos can be provided.

It's great if you like any of my photos enough to 'favourite' them; comments saying what it is you like about them are appreciated too. Photographs may not be reproduced without my written permission.

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