Phil D
My father was into photography many years before I was born in 1948, I still have his folding Zeiss Ikon Netter purchased new in the mid 1930’s. In my archives are B & W photographs dating back to the late 1950’s taken on a Brownie 127. This was upgraded to a 35mm Kodak Auto Coloursnap around 1961 and I started to use Kodachrome Slide film, it was joined by a Kodak 35mm Instamatic.
I really got the bug through in 1983 when my daughter was born and I bought an Olympus OM10 SLR. The cost of professional studio photographs for someone with a young family saw me enrol at MD Studios in Lye on a beginner’s studio course. There it was suggested I join a camera club so I ended up at Hagley for no other reason that is was local and I was made welcome.
I went digital in February 2004 when I bought a Fuji S5000 bridge camera at Focus. It was intended as an all round everyday camera for snaps and record purposes but I soon found the heavy camera bag, containing lenses and brace of Olympus SLR’s stayed in the car. The freedom and versatility of one camera with a range from 4cm Macro, 10x optical zoom, 22x digital zoom with manual override and instant knowledge you had an image took my photography in a different direction. My camera is now my everyday notebook giving me a visual dated and timed record of anything important or just interesting. In 2008 I added a Fuji S9600 because of its manual zoom, tilting rear screen and greater resolution.
My greatest success was a fireworks image taken at Himley Hall across the Lake from the dam a print was accepted for the 1993 Smethwick International Colour Photographic Exhibition , the image was subsequently purchased by Dudley MBC and became a magazine cover.
I really got the bug through in 1983 when my daughter was born and I bought an Olympus OM10 SLR. The cost of professional studio photographs for someone with a young family saw me enrol at MD Studios in Lye on a beginner’s studio course. There it was suggested I join a camera club so I ended up at Hagley for no other reason that is was local and I was made welcome.
I went digital in February 2004 when I bought a Fuji S5000 bridge camera at Focus. It was intended as an all round everyday camera for snaps and record purposes but I soon found the heavy camera bag, containing lenses and brace of Olympus SLR’s stayed in the car. The freedom and versatility of one camera with a range from 4cm Macro, 10x optical zoom, 22x digital zoom with manual override and instant knowledge you had an image took my photography in a different direction. My camera is now my everyday notebook giving me a visual dated and timed record of anything important or just interesting. In 2008 I added a Fuji S9600 because of its manual zoom, tilting rear screen and greater resolution.
My greatest success was a fireworks image taken at Himley Hall across the Lake from the dam a print was accepted for the 1993 Smethwick International Colour Photographic Exhibition , the image was subsequently purchased by Dudley MBC and became a magazine cover.