Q
What was the first camera you owned?
Canon
point & click
Q
Which piece of equipment could you not live without?
Photoshop…….!!
Q
What equipment do you use?
Nikon
D200
Q
How long have you been a member of OPS?
February
2006
Q
What are the rewards of being a member of OPS?
Being
with artistic genius disguised as mere mortals!! It is also
a really friendly & helpful club, particularly for people
who are just starting out like me.
Q
Have you been a member of other camera clubs?
No
Q
What would you say was the hardest picture you ever took?
Most
of them are a little challenging when you are just starting
out!!
Q
What is your most successful picture?
I
have a few favourites, but I love one that I took of a very
dear friend of mine, she’s 80 & so very young
Q
What was the worst picture you ever took?
We
don’t have that long…..
Q
What is your favourite film?
Cat
on a hot tin roof – 1958 – Paul Newman &
Liz Taylor – stunning!
Q
What are your favourite subjects?
So
far people, emotion, flowers, anything that communicates
Q
If you could take a picture again which one would it be?
My
holiday photos with George Clooney – no film in the
camera……..
Q
Who are your favourite photographers?
Henri
Cartier-Bresson & David Bailey so far, the guys in the
club & my mum who always managed to chop my head off
in photos when I was a kid
Q
Has any one picture influenced your photography?
Robert Whitaker ‘Way Out’ 1965
– a shot setting the tone for generations of rock
photographers to come – a ‘private moment’
of George Harrison smoking a joint in Chiswick Park with
fans barricaded behind a gate in the background.
