I've been interested in photography for as long as I can remember. I remember winning a photography competition by accident when I was a Scout using my Dad's old Halina camera.

I've had a few cameras over the years - my first proper camera was a Zenith E. I loved that camera and I took some great shots with it. I took it to concerts and all over Europe but it started to wear out and needed replacing - I still have it somewhere though!

Then after a trip to America I bought myself a Nikon 301. It was a good camera but it was fully automatic - no manual wind. I then bought myself a Nikon FE second hand. I went into a camera shop to buy a roll of film and came out with it!!

In amongst these I also had a couple of Olympus XAII's to use as a point and shoot camera. When my second one died I bought the Kodak DX3500 digital. I like digital photography because you can take as many pictures as you like without having to worry about processing costs. I also like the options it gives you to manipulate the images you take.

We recently went to Australia and while we were there I realised how much I wanted a decent digital camera. My little Kodak was ok but it was quite limited. It takes nice pictures in daylight but struggles inside. It didn't have a zoom or any control over aperture or shutter speed.

So when I came back from OZ I kept a look out for the Fuji S602 on ebay - a friend had one and he said they were really good so I decided to go for one. I used this camera for about 2 years and had some success with it but after a while I started to notice it's limitations.

My next camera was a Fuji Finepix S9600 which is supposed to be one of the best non DSLR cameras around. However I still wanted a Nikon DSLR and I eventually bought a D300 second hand in January 2016

I also use my cameraphone a lot - I've had HTC and Samsung phones but the current one is a Google Pixel.

I've recently got back into analogue photography and have built up a collection of old cameras bought from eBay or Charity shops or picked up on Freegle/Freecycle