Q Have you any photographic awards?
A FRPS EFIAP MPAGB BPE5*
Q Have you any other interests?
A Travel and planning trips to the States
Q What was the first camera you owned?
A A Werra II ( I think that was the make, I still have it in the attic somewhere . You wound the film on by rotating a ring on the fixed lens)
Q Which piece of equipment could you not live without?
A A 24mm lens on any body, but the main answer must be the computer.
Q What equipment do you use now?
A An old (by today’s standards) D30 Canon SLR Digital Camera
Q Here is a blank cheque, what piece of equipment would you buy?
A Sigma 12 – 24mm Digital Zoom lens and a Digital Projector
Q How long have you been a member of OPS?
A Over 15 Years
Q What are the rewards of being a member of OPS?
A You see a very high standard of work from guest speakers and our own members.
Q Have you been a member of other camera clubs?
A Warminster CC in Wiltshire and Witney CC near where we live.
Q What would you say was the hardest picture you ever took?
A One comes to mind, taken in America - balanced on a rock and taking a one handed shot in the Arches National Park in Utah.
Q What is your most successful picture?
A A not very good photograph taken of a Combine Harvester just down the road from us won in 1990 nearly a £1000 pounds worth of prizes in a Canon Calendar competition.
Q What was the worst picture you ever took?
A Too many to mention (I still keep them just in case)
Q What is your favorite film?
A It used to be Kodachrome 64 until I went completely digital
Q What are your favorite subjects?
A Landscapes, people, flowers, cityscapes- in fact anything
Q Who are your favorite photographers?
A Ernst Haas, Pete Turner, Franco Fontana and Shinzo Maeda. My favourite book is titled, “Landscape Photography – the art and techniques of eight modern masters” published by Amphoto
Q Has any one picture influenced your photography?
A Ancel Adams famous moody shot of the landscape with the moon. (sorry I cannot remember the title)