I've been interested in Photography for as long as I can remember & bit the bullet in 1979 with the purchase of my first SLR, a delightful, mechanical, manual Pentax K1000.

I learnt very quickly to minimise the cost & use of expensive 35mm film. (we paid 35% VAT in those days!)

Every click of the shutter had to get it right - Focus, Exposure, Composition.

The luxury of editing at home in a darkroom just wasn't an option available to many in the days of celluloid.

The Digital Age - I was a latecomer to this wonderful & emancipating technology.

Now everyone has the potential to create stunning images & capture those crucial memories.

Shoot as much as your memory card will allow, autofocus, auto-exposure. No more need for frayed photo albums or darkened rooms for slide shows - just stick a memory card into the TV or via WI- Fi from the PC to view large size. Social networks bring the possibility to share one's work with a worldwide audience making photography a more social pass time.

My interest has always been in landscape photography, which up makes most of my portfolio here. Many times I annoyed & irritated my friends by refusing to move on while I waited for the light to change & I think my patience was often rewarded.

Photoshop - the darkroom in your PC - has made it possible to "correct" any errors made at the time of capture & also allows some creative input at the time of image processing - I don't subscribe to the point of view that Photoshop is "cheating".

I hope you like the images on view here & share this site amongst your friends.

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