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My first camera was my parent's Brownie 127. The first camera I owned was a Pentax Spotmatic F with screw type interchangeable lenses, which I still have. The next camera bought in 1979 was a Pentax MX with a motor drive. This I also still own. I took film photography with these cameras to the point of boredom possibly because I did not process and print my film, something that technology today allows but in a computerised way with digital photography.
The advent of digital photography re-awakened my interest and in 2001 I purchased a Sony Mavica MV CD300 in order to understand the different photographic concepts associated with digital photographic processes. The Sony has really beautiful colour reproduction but is only 3megapixels and slow to write to CD. I quickly moved on to Nikon with first a D1X followed by a D2X. The D2X was damaged by lightning whilst in Florida a few years ago so I was forced to buy a D200 whilst the D2X was being repaired. I bought the Nikon D3 in the summer of 2008 because the reports I read about its ability in low light were too good to ignore. Its performance up to ISO6400 is superb. I am now the owner of not only the D3 but a D3s, having sold the D2X and D200. I also have a D90 that I have had converted for infrared photography. The thought of a D3X at 24.5MP has further whetted my appetite but it is too expensive at the moment. I also own a Fuji GX617 Panoramic film camera.
My photography has revolved loosely around landscapes but with a low light and weather thread throughout most of my work. Those exhibited in this website are a selection of images that are amongst my favourites and available for purchase should anyone share my tastes. In many, not all, I have tried to make the finished image less a record of a place but more pleasing visually by emphasising an artistic element. Just e-mail me at m.sharp1@btinternet.com for further information.
I have deliberated about how these images should be categorised. All were obviously taken at some place or other although for some the specific place was less obvious and in some cases irrelevant. Therefore in the main they are categorised to reflect the location where they were taken. Some are, however, categorised relevant to the theme they are conveying.
