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A happy dad of two cute wee fellas called Jack & Alfie. Lover of Tim Burton films and Tom Robbins books. Illustrator and casual photographer. Recently I have rediscovered film and some very cool old cameras including the Rollei 35 S, Olympus OM4 Ti and Yashica Mat 124 6x6.

I spend 80% of my free time with my wee family so they kinda become my main subject.

I am hoping to get a darkroom setup sometime but at the moment just shoot XP2 and Kodak 400cn and get the lab to process it. For colour I can't get past good old Fuji Reala 100. Call me a gumboot if ya like!! :)

If I don't add you as a contact it doesn't mean I think you smell! It just gets too hard to keep up. I just wanna keep it simple to match my brain! :)

Photos of High Contrast (2)

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Contacts (127)

ROCKnVOLE Tony Jewell
ltshears Trisha Shears
bindyboo74 Belinda
zulbaning zulkifli ishak
Through... Sharon Thompson
Kinoz No real name given
Wandering 101 Bryan S. Peterson
eliselehr Elise Lehr
Steve_Ting Steve Ting
Lake Li Sun ... ...
filledtoovercap... Warren
muriel-olirza Muriel

Groups (50 50)

New Zealand Railway Photography 2,474 photos, 119 members
New Zealand Railway 3,338 photos, 141 members
Runs On Rails 46,547 photos, 323 members
Rail 136,948 photos, 1,069 members
Rail Rider 92,197 photos, 410 members
English Electric Lightning 1,148 photos, 168 members
New Zealand Geographic 24,389 photos, 1,556 members
Spectacular Insects 35,772 photos, 5,143 members
kids love Darwin 445 photos, 47 members
Nikon D90 & 35mm 1.8G CLUB 9,264 photos, 1,394 members
terns 580 photos, 110 members
Gulls and Terns of the World 4,365 photos, 487 members
Beautiful Flickr Fotos! POST 1 AWARD 4! 8,618 photos, 861 members
Macros Especiais Fantásticas 14,912 photos, 2,333 members
Beautiful Bugs 74,831 photos, 5,591 members
Insects Macro World - Feel free to join us! 41,739 photos, 4,353 members
NATURE !!! (Post 1 / Comment 3) May Contest : Snake 18,945 photos, 1,261 members
a monarch for mon@rch!! 2,321 photos, 414 members
Monarch Butterflies & Habitat 578 photos, 130 members
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES (Only) - SWEEPER ACTIVE! P1/C2 960 photos, 902 members
Caterpillars 10,461 photos, 2,772 members
Nikon P6000 10,384 photos, 312 members
Nikon D90 774,077 photos, 33,239 members
Beauty of Waterfowl 3,993 photos, 387 members
De Havilland DH-110 Sea Vixen 142 photos, 29 members
prime lenses (fixed focal length) 178,644 photos, 6,197 members
The Zuiko 35mm window. 235 photos, 14 members
MILF (Man, I Love Film) 21,054 photos, 733 members
Bird Perfect/Each Photo By Invite Only 9,325 photos, 1,821 members
OLYMPUS & PELÍCULA 2,745 photos, 166 members
Excellence In Avian Photography (EIAP) -- INVITED IMAGES (2/day) 61,857 photos, 8,003 members
olympus mju / stylus epic 3,756 photos, 284 members
peugeot 504 291 photos, 39 members
BLACKBIRD - AMSEL - DROSSEL 854 photos, 225 members
Medium Format Partyography ! 217 photos, 65 members
120 360,134 photos, 11,833 members
Square Format Masterpieces (see rules) 3,859 photos, 1,418 members
Medium Format 547,480 photos, 20,928 members
Medium Format Flickr 15,900 photos, 674 members
17mm 116 photos, 12 members
28mm (or equivalent) 3,683 photos, 204 members
Fuji Reala 6,150 photos, 683 members
Olympus OM-2 (Please read the TAG rules) 6,776 photos, 858 members
Zuiko 28mm's 1,144 photos, 180 members
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles 13,480 photos, 1,442 members
Light meters 1,036 photos, 226 members
Artistry of Childhood (invite only, fave/comment 1 for each post 185 photos, 106 members
Nikon AF 50mm F/1.4D 9,310 photos, 1,056 members
Twin Lens Reflex 146,061 photos, 11,030 members
Yashica Mat 55,518 photos, 4,363 members

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Testimonials (6)

Catfordst32 says:

"To meet High Contrast in Flickr ・・
was one of the luckiest things happened to me!
I admire and love his photos.
They are just like magic,
so natural and full of amazing colors!
Especially to see the photos of his two beautiful kids
always makes me happy.

I wish I would be able to take as wonderful photos as him
someday ;-)"

10th January, 2010
filledtoovercapacity says:

"Adam is an artist who makes beautiful images. I admire his fishing photos and melt when he shares images of his growing family. As the others have stated he is a fine fellow, family man and friend.

But I am writing this testimonial because I am so in awe of his bird photos. The clarity, true color and reality are unlike any other photos I know of. Take some time to peruse his avian set and view the awesomeness of the photos. Absolutely stunning!"

31st December, 2009
Fogel's Focus says:

"Adam is my eyes on the other side of the world. He makes the world somehow seem smaller to me when I see his wonderful pictures of his kids and they mirror what my kids are doing in suburban Chicago. Adam writes witty, wonderfully perceptive comments about my pictures and those of others on Flickr. I am so glad to have met Adam. I can't wait until he starts to process his own film. This will take things to a whole new level."

15th September, 2009
luminousowl says:

"Adam is joy to know - the friendliest, funniest and most thoughtful of men. And as for his photography...

Just look. These aren't simply superb pictures. These are passion, love and understanding. It might be Alfie, Jack or Nat, a river bank or a spider or duck - but always there's a special ingredient of pure empathy and vision. This is something much more than mere photography. If you want to know what childhood - and parenthood means - look here. And look here to realise that the little bloke with eight eyes and legs also has a rather engaging personality. This is a man at one with the world. This man is magic. his pictures are too :)"

27th July, 2009
Lake Li Sun says:

"Definitely the best man I've met online. Does that sound overly confident? Good.

As for his photo skillz, I'd have to say that I am constantly in awe...a master in my book...but he'd never admit to anything close!

(no BS here...this guy's tha shit!)"

17th July, 2009
Ross Finnie [20Hz] says:

"HC's gotta be one of the most enthusiastic and friendly guys on flickr, not to mention a top notch fishing guide! His nature shots are always inspiring and there's always a great sense of humour in his shots. Always nice to meet a fellow lens-geek too :-P"

19th June, 2009