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as there will be no one in the offi ce to receive them for the time being. Thanks for your understanding.I seetherehavebeena numberof
articleswrittenaboutmentalhealth,
recentlysoI justwantedtoshare
myexperiences.
In January 1999 I suffereda
nervousbreakdownandspent
three-and-a-halfmonthsin a mental
institution.Thiswasveryterrifying
initially,butyousoonfit in withtherest
of thepatients.WhenI camehome,
I literallysatandlookedat fourwalls.
I didn’tswitchtheTVon,I justsat.My
kidscameupwiththeideaof buyinga
camera,whichI did.Thenthey
suggestedsettingupanInstagram
account– whichI did,withtheirhelp.
I nowregularlypostonInstagram,and
in theshortperiodof timethatI have
beendoingit I’mnowat 380
followers.Notbadfora 54-year-old
bloke.I travelaroundusingmy
disabledbuspass,andevengo
downtoLondon.If it wasn’tfor
photography,I wouldstillbestaringat
fourwalls,orworse.
RecentlyI purchasedmysecond
Canoncamera,whichis muchbetter
thanmy4000D.ButI intendtouse
them both so I don’t have to keepswappinglenses.I spenda lotof
timeonInstagramandPhotoshop.
I’vecompletedonlinediplomasfor
smartphonephotographyand
Lightroom,andI’mcurrentlydoing
furtherdiplomasonphotographyand
Photoshop.Sothroughgrittedteeth,
initially,I havetrulygotthe
photographybug.
Thereis a messagebehindmystory.
Thatmen,especially,shouldn’tsufferin
silence.I did,andI waslikea ticking
timebomb.Eventuallythebombwent
offandI totallydestroyedthefamily
dynamic.SoI urgeanyonewhois
feelinglow,toseekhelpassoonas
possible.Mywifeleftme,duetomy
depression,whichwasa blow,
especiallyasI alsohavecancer,andI
amin factwritingthisfroma hospital
bed,havinggotmyfifthdoseof
pneumonia.Butat themoment,allI’m
thinkingis whenI getout,I canputmy
smartnewcamerathroughitspaces.
SoI wantedtopassonthemessage
thatphotographyhaschangedmylife.
It hasgivenmea purpose,andI’ve
madea lotof online friends.
Dave VarleyInboxPhotographic purposeIt’sa Werra
MichaelKayis indeed
correctwhenheidentifies
themysterycameraon
your 1965 Christmascover
asa ZeissWerra(Inbox 14
March).It wasoneof my
firstcamerasandI lovedit
somuchthata fewyears
agoI soughtouta
second-handmodel.It was
exactlyasI remembered,
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Ian MacilwainTimeshavechanged
Iama newsubscriberto
themagazine,having
returnedtophotography
aftera longabsence.I will
giveyouanideaof how
longif I tellyouthatmy
camerabackthenwasa
Zenit-B.I readallof the
magazinesfora few
monthsbeforedecidingI
likedthestyleandcontent
of APthebest.
Howthingshave
changedwhileI havebeen
away– digitalSLRs,
mirrorless,TTL,Nikon’s
creativelightingsystem
(CLS),andjustabout
everythingelsein amateur
photography.MyZenitdid
notevenneeda battery!I
particularlylikebeingable
tolookat theviewthrough
thelensonmytabletand
tofocusandfirethe
cameraalongsidethe
myriadcontrolfunctions
thattetheringallowsme
accessto.Thankgoodness
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Oneof themajor
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abilitytokeepshooting
untilyougetthe
photographyouhavein
mind.Backthenit was
simplynotaffordable,and
everyshotthatwentwrong
wasanotherhitin the
pocket.Ofcourse,you
wouldn’tknowuntilyou
developedthefilmorwent
tocollectyourprints,and
bythenit wasoftentoo
latetotakeanothershot.
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masterclassesforallus
newbiesandthosetrying
tokeepupwiththe
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