If you're here to see more artistic photos I've taken then you are best to click on 'albums'. You can then choose to avoid my more mundane (but still very important!) family stuff!

 

Some of the 'friends' I've made contact with here seem to take nothing but 'fine art photos'. Sadly I do use flickr as a family archive too... because it's important for my family to have access to the more personal stuff. I hope you don't mind that too much!

 

If you want to see the type of photographs I enjoy, then take a look at my own 'favourites' from other flickr users. I try to keep a sensible mix of landscapes, people, bokeh type shots, abstract and umbrellas. I love pics with umbrellas in them!

 

This is just a little about me:

 

We (Val, my wife, and me!) live in Buckinghamshire; happily married; much too busy; easygoing; outgoing; Val is from Shropshire; Tony is from Warwickshire (well, Birmingham actually but doesn't Warwickshire sound much nicer?)

 

I've been a photographer (of sorts) since serving as one in the Royal Navy for nearly ten years in the 1960's/70's. Since leaving the service in 1974 I've just tended to take mainly family snaps.

 

In recent years I've taken it a bit more seriously again... and have to admit I do struggle with the 'artistic' side but it's not for the lack of trying!

 

Equipment:

 

Since the autumn of 2007 I've been using a Canon EOS 5D with:

24mm - 105mm zoom lens (Max aperture f4)

 

However, since the early spring of 2014 I've now added a new body…the all singing, all dancing Canon 5D Mark III.

 

With 22 million plus pixels, a genuine full frame, larger LCD screen and an ISO range from 50 up to 100,000 plus it's looking like a major update. It also takes HD video too, which the Mark I doesn't do. I'm looking forward to finding out what it's like in the future. The comparison is with the Nikon D800 I think but as I've already got Canon lenses and the Speedlite flash it didn't make sense to transfer my allegiance to them; so I seem to be stuck with Canon, but I'm more than happy with that.

 

I also have:

 

50mm standard lens with an aperture of 1.2 which is a terrific lens.

 

and a Speedlight 580 flash, but don't use it much at all because I prefer to use natural light where possible.

 

What I like about it:

 

Digital brings with it a host of features that conventional film cameras didn't have, such as recording the time and date of when you took the photograph. This is a wonderful facility, especially many years later when you can't quite remember when you took a photograph!

 

Other features include:

 

Auto focus

Various modes of light metering

Instant playback to see the image you've taken

ISO speed adjustment from 50 to 125,000!!

And lots more besides!