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My Creative Images – Behind the scenes
Many of our contributors are photographers as well as
photo artists. In the next few months we are going to
highlight on this aspect.
This month we are delighted to interview David Walker
for some insights on his photography.
How long have you been a photographer and
what is your main genre?
I started when I was 16 at 6th form college, going
around Liverpool, particularly the dock areas with
a Box Brownie and B&W film. I enjoyed those days
and took some interesting images, but not interesting
enough as my Mum threw out the pictures as part of a
clear out when moving home. How I regret that!
Move forward all but 50 years when I decided to
retire and bought myself a Canon Digital Camera and
lenses. In the meantime, I had taken less sophisticated
cameras on holidays and business trips and enjoyed
playing with photography! My main genre is ‘scapes,
whether they be city, land or sea! I shy away from
portraits in both PhotoArt and photography, this
genre just does not appeal to me, but I will play
around occasionally. In my ‘scape work I do like to
have people, usually anonymous, as part of the image
particularly in cityscapes.
What kind of photographic gear do you use and
which is your favourite lens?
I have recently converted from Canon to Sony moving
from the rather bulky Canon 1D Mk3 to the Sony
A7. I have just two lenses for my Sony the 50mm/1.
(nice and light and pocket size) and the 24-240/3.5-
6.3 (bulky but versatile) both of which easily cover my
present photographic needs. My favourite on that day
depends on my shooting intentions!
What steps do you take as a photographer to
make sure that the thing, person or landscape
you want to shoot looks the way you want it to?
I begin with the end in mind, usually my PhotoArt
images. I try to visualise how my final work will look
and compose my shot accordingly. It is wise to take in
David Walker by VivienJane
