EOS 450D 18-55mm - 2009
Have you ever heard of an F1 Driver who could be identified as the playstation generation! (It's a theory that todays F1 drivers are exposed to the temptation of constant online racing and therefor are masters beyond the legends of the past?) Kind of cool! and a real inspiration for the Online Racing communities. I grew as a Photographer learning on youtube! I started at the end of 2008 to learn about Aperture, ISO and Shutter Speed. In 2009 I even found a technical classroom video on Youtube about digital imaging sensors (CCD) from CCTV cameras and their technical operation?
My photography taste could look like the black white street documentary images re-promoted as photography's golden purpose in a 2009 Saturday Guardian, my Aunty used bring it with her on bank holidays when she was visiting, who was very much encouraging my interest in the craft at that time. It presented the authors individuality, stimulating the audience with organic styled expressions, reflecting the beauty of the back yard scenes of England's proud neighbourhoods.
Or perhaps it's from the republic jeans store that was smothered in digital expressions in the 90's! Or my very first experience of lifestyle photography, a subtle yet impressionable presence of an entertaining pattern and an authentic servant hearted hero out of the corner of my eye in the Adams store in the shopping centre where I lived in the late 80's.
I really hope that the current photography communities steer towards a development of craft in photography. So many academics are easily confused for hobbyists. The simplicity of photographing community activities, an emphasis on wall art or framed products is lost to home video presentation, which could also be detrimental to the ease in which a good photograph can be recognised. I love photo books and look forward to creating personal reflections of my visual curiosities. The real privilege though is finding someone who relates personally to an image, who can make it a part of their home and their identity, expressing themselves through the unique creative details of the photographs crafted capture.
I asked for camera when I was around 10 years old one Christmas, I wasn't a lucky boy that year, at the time I just wanted take picture of things. When I got round to buying a DSLR, I was quite keen to create portraits of my family and characterise visually objects from the kitchen. I didn't settle with still life, but wanted to photograph anything in the newspaper that I could use a camera for (which was everything and anything which was happening in the local community!)
