On 1st January 2024, my 8th year began! My love of photography comes from my Dad, who is a fabulous photographer and I have loved his pictures all my life. I grew up with the smell of chemicals, the hush of the darkroom and the thrill of seeing the picture emerge as he washed his photographs. It gave me a love of looking for light, shade, contrast, angle and interest through a lens.

I really enjoy the creativity of playing with a camera, but I still find modern digital cameras challenging and confusing with the extensive menus and array of buttons. I miss the simplicity and creativity of my old OM10 and my favourite Fujicolour film from my younger days. Editing remains a mystery to me and I am bewildered by all the techie terms! I have never used PS but have bought Affinity, which they tell me is the same sort of thing. Probably use about 1% of its capacity as I am pretty clueless LOL. Probably need some lessons from someone who knows!

Home is presently the outskirts of London, though I have lived in many places around Britain and around the world over the years. Really enjoy the global community on here and have made some "real life" friends out of the experience.