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The 1980's |
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By 1980 and at sixteen years of age, I had saved enough money to secure my first SLR. Nothing fancy, but good enough to get me started. I headed into the local photo shop Tom Reekie's and picked up a brand new Practika MTL 50 with a 50 mm M42 lens. By today's standards it was primitive and basic, but it was all I could afford and it was good enough to learn the ropes. I wouldn't change a thing! This camera was mainly used for shooting sport, in particular motocross and trials riding. My best friend (still to this day) would ride and I would photograph the highs and lows. It's hard to believe I would return to photographing the same sport with my son some thirty years later and become an AMCA accredited photographer for the same organisation my best friend used to ride with! I spent a couple of years shooting everything and anything on both 35 mm film and slide before I sold the Praktica and bought a brand new Olympus OM10 from Dixons! I wanted the OM1, but funds were tight, so I settled for the OM 10. Still a classic design and lovely looking camera in my opinion. I loved this camera and now I was shooting the same brand as my photographic hero at the time David Bailey. By this time the most popular camera advert on the TV was the Olympus Trip 35mm, which oddly enough is now available in a retro digital version! The 1990'sThe 1990's were spent having two children and buiding a business. I still played with photography, and in the latter part of the 1990's I played with some of the first point and shoot digital cameras. All of a massive 1 mega pixel. Nothing to shout about at the time, and film was still dominating the photo industry during this time. I also spent a lot of time working with video during 1990's. but my real passion was still with photographs and always will be. It would be 2004 when I decided to move from film to digitial. There's not turning back now. The 2000's
2007 - 2010
The Nikon D3 had just arrived on the scene and every review was gushing with how brilliant this camera was and how it would change low light photography. As a former drummer I wanted to photograph bands, and this camera would allow me to do it without the use of flash, thereby mainting the amibent light and atmosphere. Check out the band photos in the gallery on the home page Camera Body:Nikon D3Nikon Lenses 14-24mm f/2.8 Flash Guns2 SB800 |
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The 1970's
The next camera the family owned was bang up to date, well up to date in the 1970's. Yes the only camera to be seen with back then was the Kodak Pocket 400 Instamatic complete with a 110 cartridge and built in flash. How exciting was that!
Canon was the choice during the mid 2000's. There was no big expenditure during this time and a Canon EOS 350 digital with a 28 mm to 135 mm was the tool of the trade. Great all round camera and lens which travelled with me all over the globe capturing some fantastic memories. See the 
By 2007 I wanted a pro camera. I was hooked once more, and digital technology was and funds allowed me for the first time in my life to get what I wanted without having to worry about the price tag. So what should I get?