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Biography
I remember always being interested in photography. I don't think I ever fully appreciated this interest, but I have vivid recollections (and my parents
have full photo albums) of as a child taking photos of small, featureless birds sitting on fences in the distance, and painted yellow lines on streets;
whereas other children my age were taking photographs of their friends. In fact, I'm surprised that my parents' dismay at paying for yet another roll of
film full of road surface features, or my disappointment at taking yet another bird speck photograph didn't put me off completely. But it wasn't until
the year 2000 that I eventually decided to embrace my interest, bought my first SLR camera and enrolled on an evening college course. This coincided
with a friend of mine going to Scotland to study, which enabled my passion and wonder for the natural environment to be truly embraced. These two
interests combined perfectly to take my life down the road it is on today.
Equipment
For landscape photography, I mainly use my Hasselblad 503CW. The lenses I own are 50mm, 80mm and 150mm.
The majority of my photographs are made on the high saturation and contrast film, Fuji Velvia 50. Where the contrast in the scene is too great for Velvia, I
prefer to use Fuji Provia 100F film.
All of my landscape photographs, without exception, are made using a tripod. I consider it to be one of the most important items of equipment for a landscape
photogtapher. Not only does a tripod allow you to use the slower shutter speeds that are common with landscape photographs without suffering from camera shake,
but they also allow the photographer to really think about the composition of the photograph. I use a Gitzo lightweight tripod and ball head, which is great for
the long walks I frequently take to get to my chosen viewpoints.
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