So who is this bloke who’s trying to teach me photography? You may ask….

Well, my name is Garry, I’m a 30 something year old freelance web developer who has been interested in, and learning, photography since about the year 2001. I do not class myself as an expert, but I like to think I have sufficient knowledge to help other people learn photography and give them the starting block they might need to get going.

I live in Oldham in the North West of England, but I’m originally from West Sussex on the South coast of England. I have taught Basic Digital Photography as a ten week evening class course which, according to the people who attended, was very good and at a level that was easy to understand, so hopefully that means I can explain things well and in a way that doesn’t blind you with science or technical terms, but still gets the point across.

I enjoyed the teaching, and I wanted a way to share what I know with a larger audience. So a web site seemed the obvious choice, and being a web developer helped a little too.

If you want to know what gear I use, well in late 2006 I entered into the world of DSLRs by buying myself a Sony Alpha 100. Why did I choose this camera, well it was getting great reviews, it’s 10 megapixel and it has Super Steady Shot ™ built in which is a major bonus. This helps a great deal in getting your images nice and sharp as it compensates for small movements in the camera while you take the shot. The other reason is that I run a web forum on the Konica Minolta and Sony DSLR range, so I couldn’t really choose another manufacturer could I! I am currently building my lens collection, but it’s an expensive thing to do so I need to keep building web sites to fund this hobby.

I’m happy to answer any question you might have, and you can get in contact via the contact form on this site.