I have felt I have been a photographer at heart since joining the school camera club, but like all of us life love, and marriage took precedence and I never held a camera until many years later, when I was forty I bought a Nikon D40. I hadn't a clue about Digital, made all the errors, I learned by study and practice. At 66 I retired and made Photography my full-time occupation In 2016 I won the first prize in a local challenge cup competition.
In 2017 I had the opportunity to open my own studio and built a good reputation for having pleasing portfolios for students, actors, budding models, and those who wanted to improve their portfolios. I went on to win a place in a national competition and won a holiday in Turkey. When the pandemic and lockdown came I was forced to close the studio in December 2019,
So I had to reassess which direction my photography was to go and in 2021 I took my portfolio to a leading magazine journalist for appraisal, she said the work was very good but not commercial so went away had a rethink, and decided to go to college and study photography in depth. I used the last few years to improve my understanding of the art of photography. This has opened a new way of thinking about photography and interest in analog. I now shoot in both digital full frame, 35mm and 120 mm film 🎞 I have a darkroom to do all my own film-developing.
I gained a BTCC photography Diploma and a BTCC Advanced Diploma in photography
Education
Westfield Secondary School Bedford
Left school in 1966 with few CSE's
At 19 went into dairy farming and spent all my working life in farming.
Retired in 2018 to make photography my full-time passion
I have a BTCC Photographic Diploma and a BTCC Advanced Diploma in photography
