My first camera was given to me at the age of 14 by my father. It was a little Kodak instamatic film camera. I loved this camera and took over the role of the family “photographer”, shooting at every opportunity, often to family member’s irritation as I would always have the camera in their faces. I used to buy photography magazines with my pocket money and study them. I dreamed of one day owning a SLR camera where I could change lenses and choose my own shutter speed and aperture, where I could change the depth of field, thereby creating artistic photographs. These were things I only read about and saw in the magazines (these were the days before internet).
Over the years, I acquired different cameras, but still not the SLR I dreamed of. I was however, asked to shoot some friends weddings and take photos of families with these cameras, which I enjoyed but knew I just didn’t have the professional equipment despite my love of taking photos.
My dream was eventually realized when the digital era was ushered in. My first “real” SLR camera was a Canon 350D which I still have. I was overjoyed with it. Finally my childhood dream of owning a camera where I could manually change the settings and lenses was reached. I would shoot anything I could and would experiment with the settings. I started buying photography books and came to have a whole collection of them, which I still reference. Eventually I started doing various photography courses. I was asked to shoot weddings, families, even some corporate. Then I was approached by schools to do photos as well as concerts, which lead me to purchase the best video camera I could afford at the time, being a Panasonic CCD system, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
It was almost a natural progression that my hobby would eventually be transformed into a business, which was around 2005. This led to me constantly feeling I needed to upgrade my equipment, which I did progressively over the years. It has been a joy to work with my Canon 5D Mark ll and Mark lll as well as Canon 7D. My Panasonic video camera has been replaced with a Canon XF100. I also take great delight working in my studio, which has been an expensive exercise kitting it all out, but I have found it all worth while.
I particularly enjoy working in my studio with women. I love to make a woman look and feel beautiful, no matter her size, age or nationality. I really enjoy doing preggi shoots as well as this is a very special and wonderful time in a woman’s life and they are often glowing with joy. Children are also an inspiration to me with their wide-eyed innocence. Photography is so diverse and to me, it is an art. It’s what I see through the lens and then in post production, where the creativity really starts. I always find it so elating watching a person’s facial expressions when they see their photos for the first time. It really brings happiness to my heart. It’s a passion that I have always enjoyed and I love sharing it with others.
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