About the Artist
I started my photography career when I was 12, borrowing my mother's Kodak box camera, and used my pocket money to buy a roll of film. I still remember the size of the film. 640 it was. Only 12 photos on each roll. But it took great pictures. As long as you didn't cut off people's feet or heads. Not that easy getting to grips with what you couldn't see clearly in the viewfinder. And it was upside down.
I went through a number of roll cameras after that, until the arrival of digital cameras. In their early days, they tended to be small, and not really that great.
However, things changed and now a digital camera is the norm. Even our phones are good cameras.
But not as good as a good Single Lens Reflex camera or the growing trend in Mirrorless cameras. The ability to shoot outside of Auto mode and learning to use a good camera is an experience that stays with each of us forever.
And then the great change came along, with the arrival of Photoshop. Looking back now it really was a wonderful tool for the times. I started on about Version 2 on a friend's computer. And that was over 30 years ago.
Nowadays the post processing in Photoshop, Lightroom and other similar programmes is exciting, and you know it's good when the hair on the back of your neck stands up.