I missed it !!! I havent sent the local BBC weather programmes an image for a while so after the success of the recent sunrises I took a chance. I uploaded it quite late in the day and it wasn’t until I got several messages from friends and relatives did it become apparent that I had missed it. It may have only been on-screen for a few seconds, but I had done it….with a sunrise too.
Sunrises and sunsets are quite a clichéd subject with the photographic community; something that appears to have been well trodden if you know what I mean. Unless you can come up with something a little bit special your image would normally be cast aside and placed on the pile labelled “normal”. I know this, I have been there, done it and obtained the T-shirt….more than once.
In this day and age (I hate that expression really) any publicity involving your own images is normally a good thing and something we can sometimes capitalise on; not just financially but as a medium for making progress in this dog-eat-dog world we come across as photographers every day.
Keep on taking the photos folks….the weather forecast for West Yorkshire over the next few days is not brilliant. Since when has that stopped you?
Thanks for reading this short post.
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About Mark Winterbourne
A little about me … well, what can I say. I started photography back in 1979 when I was just 11 years old.
I was given a 35mm SLR Camera by my late Grandfather as a birthday present. The camera was a Russian built Zenit EM and built like a house brick. Many of my slides on here are taken with the very same camera.
My passion stemmed from my Grandfathers love of photography and in particular his fondness of the English Lake District. I will showcase his work on here in the coming months, but there are over 10,000 slides and I have quite a task ahead of me scanning them in.
In the late eighties and early nineties I moved on to autofocus SLR’s and began to accumulate quite a stash of equipment. In between my full time employment and sleeping I started doing small photographic assignments for freinds, family and small businesses.
In the early 2000′s I started using a digital camera and traed all my traditional film cameras in for more equipment.
My Camera Equipment
Canon EOS 20D Body BGE2N Battery Grip
Canon EOS 50D Body BGE2N Battery Grip
Canon 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 EF-S Lens
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III Lens
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
Sigma 28-105 F2.8-4 DG Lens
Sigma 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Canon 580EX Speedlite Flashgun
Canon CP-E4 Compact Battery Pack for 580EX
I took an avid interest in aviation photography at the start of the 2000′s when digital cameras became more accessible. My enjoyment was taken up a level when I discovered I could mix my love of light & colour with aviation photography by taking photographs.
In 1983 I suffered a head injury which was diagnosed as a brain tumour. LIfe soon returned to normal in 1984 but in the early part of 2002 things turned nasty and headaches and sickness returned. To date I dont have a surgeon willing to operate on me and struggle by day to day. You will find more about this in my blogs…….
Nothing will stop my photography, not even this head injury….this blog reflects my day to day life as a person with an interest in photography….with a headache to match
Hope you enjoy….please feel free to contact me, anytime
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