Photography
Currently
I am currently archiving slides into digital files. This is a long term project which is both time consuming and monotonous but the occasional forgotten gem does crop up.
History
Here is a brief account of my photographic history. I have tried to keep this short, but sweet!
I first got interested in photography while looking at my fathers wartime pictures taken when he was stationed in the Turks and Cacos Islands, yes I know, I know.., and a childhood spent growing up beside and making frequent excursions into the Lake District further fuelled my appetite for landscape on a grand scale.
'Twas with a certain amount of eager anticipation that I took the plunge and spent a hard earned pocket money fortune on a second hand Halina 35X. A 35mm camera bought from Hal Purves camera shop on Duke Street in Whitehaven in the mid 1960's. With this camera I learned the basic techniques of photography involving shutter speed, depth of field, film speed and light and the crucial relationships between them.
It was in 1993 that I decided to take photography more seriously and studied how the professionals viewed things.
Hiking to Watendlath in the Lake District.
In 1996 I sold my first picture at an open exhibition held in the newly opened Beacon visitor centre on Whitehaven's harbourside. This inspired me to approach local retailers to stock my pictures. One retailer even gave me a window display of some dozen pictures or so, resulting in a blocking of the narrow pavement on a busy road as the good people of Whitehaven stopped to gawp in awe at the wonderful lakeland and town scenes set before them.
After some years selling from retail outlets such as a framing gallery in Workington to a craft shop near Eskdale I thought I would try the internet. This decision prompted a burgeoning interest in programming (I wanted to build my own site) and all things computer. A good thing really with digital photography and all the associated horrors and pleasures of editing and printing still to come. I guess that brings us up to date.
Site History
1999-DECEMBER: Original site launched as jtindall. freeserve.co.uk "A pictorial odyssey around the Lake District."
2005-JANUARY: Offline due to re-location.
2005-OCTOBER: Site re-launched as jrtpictures.co.uk
2007-SEPTEMBER: Site re-design incorporating Cascading Style Sheets.
Equipment
After a succession of photographic equipment over the years current equipment used for making pictures is listed.
Last update October 2010 when a new scanner was purchased.
CAMERAS: Mamiya 645 Super fitted with Mamiya lenses. Canon EOS 20D fitted with Canon EF-S lenses.
TRIPOD: Manfrotto carbon fibre fitted with Manfrotto Magnesium head.
BACKPACK: Lowepro Dryzone.
COMPUTER: Dell P.C. running Windows XP Pro.
DIGITAL-DARKROOM: Picture Window Pro.
SCANNER: Epson V700.
PRINTER: Epson 2100.
As a rule I tend to use kit until it fails and then I will upgrade.
Exhibitions
1996-DECEMBER: The Beacon, Whitehaven, Cumbria.
2001-OCTOBER → DECEMBER: Head Office, Askam Construction Limited, Lancaster.
2004-SEPTEMBER: Sellafield Visitor Centre, Cumbria.
2005-DECEMBER: Sellafield Visitor Centre, Cumbria.
Currently no further exhibitions are planned.