About me

I have been practising photography since the age of ten when my father gave me a Praktica LTL 35mm SLR. It had a 50mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss prime lens and that was all I was allowed. My father taught me the essentials of photography since he was a hugely keen amateur himself. Looking back now how perfect it was. The simplicity of that camera taught me so much and the fixed focal length lens made me really work for a photograph.

Years later I inherited his Olympus OM101 which gave me my first experience of zoom lenses. It had a 35-70mm f4 ‘power zoom’ with which I captured some great shots. My Praktica briefly relegated soon returned though since the fully manual photography taught to me by my father was not only more fun but gave some stunning results.

Many years on after passing through university my love of photography was reignited when digital photography began to take off. I first invested in a Canon G1. It was lacking in so many aspects but the advantages of digital over film were clear and shortly after I bought a Canon 10D which resulted in some amazing images. I now use the latest professional level full frame Canon digital SLRs which I hope to continue with for some time to come.

If you would like to contact me please feel free to use one of the following.

Email: andy@ar-photographic.co.uk Phone: 07808 288988

Andy