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I didn't have much interest in photography before
I had ever used a digital camera, it was always too much hassle taking the film to get
developed and collecting the photos again, and having to cough up at every stage. Plus
the photos I took were generally rubbish, out of focus, badly composed etc (so what's new
you might ask?!) However I always had a desire to take photos, mostly for the purpose of
remembering events throughout my life.
So when the company I was working for in summer 2000 lent me their digital camera a whole
new world of photography with instant gratification, no waiting for devlopments, no paying
for rotten images that you would throw away anyway opened up. The benefits of a digital camera
are many, but they are far from replacing conventional film yet. Todays best digicams have a
resolution of about 6 megapixels, which is less than half the equivalent quality of standard 35mm
film. In addition digital photography lacks the tangible result of a glossy bit of paper, unless
you have a fancy-pants printer or get them developed professionally, which defeats my original idea
of a stonking one-off payment for a camera and then no running costs.
Anyway, enough waffle, this is a small collection of some of my favourite photos I have taken over
the years. Note: This page has best results with a screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher.
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