My Camera and I
Posted by Dave Chadwick This Is My Story. (Or maybe my Camera’s) Over the years I’ve had what could be described as an on off relationship with my camera. I remember taking my first set of photos at about 7 years old using an old camera belonging to my parents (I do...
Photography, The Coast and Me!
Posted by Louise Lewis I have always enjoyed taking photos and for many years have had a camera of some sort. When I think about my first camera, ‘Truprint’ springs to mind and the excitement of waiting for holiday snaps to be returned in the post – only to be...
Photography and Me – Tony Finney
Posted by Tony Finney My earliest memories of photography are playing with my Dad’s old camera as a small boy. I couldn’t tell you the make or model but I remember that the lens folded out on bellows, I think it took 620 film and it had a beautiful leather case. This...
Why Photography? – Dave Moss
Posted by Dave Moss For me photography as a hobby really started as an adjunct to another hobby, restoring old aircraft at Duxford. This really needed photographing as we removed parts for a visual record of what we were doing. My first “proper” camera a Praktica MTL5...
Why Photography? – Claire Wade
Posted by Claire Wade I think it may be in the blood a little from my Mum’s side of the family. My Mum is a keen amateur photographer and comes back from her holidays with an excessive amount of photos. Her brother was once a professional photographer, having shot...
Front of the Marychurch Centre (we use the side door)