About me

So who am I?

• Am I a professional photographer?
  No, I am just an average person with an interest in photography - especially flowers.
• Have I passed any qualifications in the field of photography?
  No, I learn from my mistakes, just like may others!

I am a keen amateur photographer and have been for as long as I can remember. I would love to pass on my passion and some of the tips I have learned through years of practice.

Credits

My first cameras

In my teens I moved onto 35mm photography starting out with a basic 35mm camera's, a Fujica 605n made in Japan. I would have loved something with auto settings but that trusty manual camera taught me all about apertures and depth of field, exposure settings and film speed. I bought two interchangable lenses to compliment the camera, a 300mm and a 28mm wide angle Don't worry if these terms are double dutch to you at the moment I will explain what they are and how you can use them on other pages. I usd this camera so much I wore it out.

Back in those days I used a light meter although the camera had a built-in one - very handy to work out what settings to use in different lighting. I would point the light meter at the scene in front of the camera, choose one setting and read what the other needed to be in order to get a well exposed photograph; one that was neither too light or too dark. Don't worry its a lot, lot easier nowadays!

I took hundreds of slides with my 605n and as a consequence I treated myself to a Hanimex rotary slide projector and screen - I still have it to this day. Sadly though slides are not popular now and are difficult to get.

Developing my own photos

I have never got round to developing my own photos - no time with a family of three. Hopefully one day when I retire I will have the time to explore this side of photography

However my husband Jack used to do so in his bedroom when he was a teenager . He learned to do contact printing and progressed to a basic enlarger. All of his negatives were developed at home as well .

Taking pictures of and for others

I was always the one behind the camera, so few photos were taken of me. When visiting relatives, or when they visited us, often took photos of them.

My son featured in many photos - it is true what they say "you can always tell which one of your children is the oldest, because of the mountain of photos there are of them"

When we look back at the photos of our three children the photos get less with each child. Perhaps we should learn from this and ensure we caputure the "special moments" of all our children and relatives - later on in years they will be the center of many a family discussion and laughter - bringing back to mind many precious moments.

Try and capture those special moments - they never come around again

( scanned photo - so has lost some of it's sharpness)

Going digital

In 1999 my next camera was a Fujtsu Digital camera (about 1 megapixel), but I can't remember the model number, the picture quality was average, but nothing like todays digital cameras. Being an early model it had drawbacks, like no zoom lens or LCD panel on the back but I realised that this was the way forward and I would never go back to film photography. Soon my husband gave me a Nikon CoolPix 4200 as a gift. This is an excelent digital camera, highly recommended for a beginner in photography - everything's automatic, although you can experiment with your own settings. Highly recommended for taking closeups.

Recently I treated myself to a Nikon D40 which is a superb camera, one that can do so much and I am still getting to know.

Would you like to take your photography to another level

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