Ist Blog

Hello all, this is my first ever blog, so I guess it only makes sense to introduce myself and how it all started for me. I hope I don't bore you all!!

I first got into photography in the 1980's. Of course in those days it was all film. I had just left school and had very little money, so my photographic kit wasn't going to make anyone jealous. I did have a car though, and my little Toyota 1000 and I travelled far and wide to capture, what I now realise, were pretty mediocre photos. However at the time I loved them, and I loved photography. I bought a Russian enlarger en housed in a case that looked like something straight out of the cold war! But with that cheap enlarger I delved into the world of the darkroom, and had my first taste of photo manipulation.
By the mid 90's I had lost most of my interest in photography, and my love of sports had taken over. I never lost the photographers eye though, and would still take some nice shots with my new digital camera, which had, I recall, 1.3 mega pixels!!
Fast forward to 2012. I'm living in France, and have been envious of a friend taking photos of the Tour de France on his Nikon DSLR with a long zoom lens. I have a Canon 'happy snappy' pocket camera, so decide to invest in a decent camera again. The rest, as they say, is history. I still don't earn a lot, but invest in the best equipment I can afford (or not afford!) Going from a Nikon D3100, to a D7100, to my latest acquisition of a D810, I have very much been re bitten by the photographic bug, and I've definitely fallen in love again!!
Happy shooting