I live on the NSW central coast and enjoy time spent with my family.

My first camera was a Ricoh E2 half frame in 1979. I enjoyed taking photos then and into my pre-teens. In the mid 80’s I received my first SLR a Ricoh KR10Super with a 30 – 200 zoom f3.8.

Photography became my favourite hobby until I could no longer afford the costs involved with film and processing. Consequently the camera was shelved (except for the odd occation) there was a short time where I used bulk film and processed it in my darkroom but cost also saw that come to an end, until the mid 90’s when I purchased my 2nd SLR a Ricoh KR10M and some macro tubes. but due to the costs again the cameras were shelved.

I purchased a P&S just to keep my interest and to record family events etc. But in March 2010 I had decided to buy my first DSLR a Pentax Kx with 18 – 125, f3.8. The Pentax purchase was a natural progression for me as I not only had some K-mount stuff but also had access to more K-mount equipment.

Costs will always be there but at least I can now continue to shoot and see my work on the screen.

Recently I have updated my gear to include the Sony a7. I now use this as my main camera.

All images are copyright © Mathew Courtney. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from myself is strictly prohibited

Images that have been on explore

1. RDHD111004-8, 2. NCSB120304-8, 3. CCSB111202-8, 4. Merewether-046-7540-Edit, 5. NCSB120303-8, 6. CCBL120102-8, 7. CCBL120103-8, 8. CCSB120104-8,

9. CCTE120302-8, 10. CCBL120101-8, 11. soldiers-111116-142-0242