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My photographic interests (no nude's, so don't even try to ask)

AuraTodd

I was given my first camera when I was 14yrs old, I think it was a Minolta compact.  I've had many cameras since then, but my best is the Pentax.  Why?  I hear you screetch in horror.  because it's weather sealed and has the stabaliser built in the body and not the lense.  Bassically I'm hoping that my pictures don't look like they've been in a major earthquake or hurricain, although you haven't seen my hair in the mornings.

I photographe landscapes, vanished streets and buildings, street photography and the occasional portrait (human and beast).  But as stated no nude's (unless your the guy who plays Frank in Transporter series then I might consider it, after my heart attack of course.)

BUT, back to photography.  I think it's important to capture the past, a vanished world before it's gone.  Life is changing all the time, we laughed at the way our parents lived, who laughed at the way their parents lived, and so forth.  If we don't capture it, then how can we remember what it looked like etc.

It's thanks to the photograph that we know what Lillie Langtry and Billy the Kid looked like, can you imagine it if that hadn't have happened? 

I have a website it's at www.louisetopp.weebly.com It's not brillient, but it's a start.

Get out there all you photographers and get the picture.  People don't take me seriously because I have Aspburgers.  So!  I couldn't take the wierdo in the clown suit in the market place seriously, and I hate clowns.

I have many influences including Sylvia Broom who was the first female journalist during WW1, she was amazing.  Julia Margaret Cameron was one of the first famous female photographers, and one of the first true celebrity portrait and beauty photographers.  Her house is on the IOW which I would love to visit.

Thanks for reading.

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  • Hi, there,

    You certainly have oodles of talent, both in your compositions and technical use of the camera.  Incredible variety too, which I appreciate a lot in any artist.  Hard to pick a favourite, but I particularly liked the stunning head-and-shoulders portrait of the collie dog - I reckon you could make a bob or two photographing people's pets if you wanted!

    I totally agree with you about keeping a photographic record for future generations.  Even in the thirty years I've lived in Yorkshire, the urban landscape of the nearest town, Bradford, has changed beyond all recognition.  The remains of the old railways, coal mines, textile mills and waterworks are slowly being reclaimed by nature or replaced by new developments.  I think of recording those places as a tribute to the hardships and dedication of the people who built them and worked in them, as well as being a valuable historical archive.

    I've been a keen photographer ever since my Mum gave me her old Kodak "Instamatic" to record my childhood holidays.  Besides being a rewarding hobby, I also find it to be a wonderful escape from the anxieties that living with autism sometimes brings about.

    Here's a link to my old Flickr page.  I've not "curated" it for quite a while now, but it gives a good flavour of the kind of things I like to photograph. (NB - linked to the albums list as my close-ups of creepy-crawlies are a bit scary for arachnophobic people!)

    Trog's Flickr Albums

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  • Hi, there,

    You certainly have oodles of talent, both in your compositions and technical use of the camera.  Incredible variety too, which I appreciate a lot in any artist.  Hard to pick a favourite, but I particularly liked the stunning head-and-shoulders portrait of the collie dog - I reckon you could make a bob or two photographing people's pets if you wanted!

    I totally agree with you about keeping a photographic record for future generations.  Even in the thirty years I've lived in Yorkshire, the urban landscape of the nearest town, Bradford, has changed beyond all recognition.  The remains of the old railways, coal mines, textile mills and waterworks are slowly being reclaimed by nature or replaced by new developments.  I think of recording those places as a tribute to the hardships and dedication of the people who built them and worked in them, as well as being a valuable historical archive.

    I've been a keen photographer ever since my Mum gave me her old Kodak "Instamatic" to record my childhood holidays.  Besides being a rewarding hobby, I also find it to be a wonderful escape from the anxieties that living with autism sometimes brings about.

    Here's a link to my old Flickr page.  I've not "curated" it for quite a while now, but it gives a good flavour of the kind of things I like to photograph. (NB - linked to the albums list as my close-ups of creepy-crawlies are a bit scary for arachnophobic people!)

    Trog's Flickr Albums

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