Craig Crawford

 I have been interested in photography since leaving high school but the funny thing is even though it was a subject for study at school there was no interest at that point in my life. My interest was sparked by the chance encounter with someone selling a Pentax P30 SLR while browsing a store for a compact to take on holiday. Sure an SLR was bigger than a compact however it’s a lot more fun to use… After taking some random shots to test the camera and being stunned by the results, the photography bug had bitten.

I don’t know how much I spent on film but I do remember spending a lot :) Well I was learning I kept telling myself... and here I am 20 years on still learning. The difference today is that there’s no rush to the lab to hand over what I thought were my masterpiece of visions on film only to find most of the exposures were useless. Now armed with a digital camera the results are immediate and the feeling I get from seeing the image onscreen is just as exciting 20 years on as it was when I received the print back from the lab.

I remember successfully to a degree connecting multiple lenses to my Pentax for a handheld telephoto image of the sun over Arthur Seat. Surprisingly the image was quite good in my opinion as a newbie to this photography lark. I was having fun experimenting and I have never stopped experimenting since then and everything since then has been an experiment which is so much easier with a digital camera.

I do however keep a Nikon F80 film camera handy for those times when the digital camera battery runs out...

 I hope you enjoy my images as much as i enjoyed taking them. Please check back often as i will be constantly updating the website with a fresh new look as well.

Thank you for looking ...If you like these images you may like to visit my Flickr gallery.