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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 (126)

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
Billie Jane No real name given

Groups (50 50)

New Zealand Railway Photography 2,402 photos, 118 members
New Zealand Railway 3,249 photos, 139 members
Runs On Rails 43,608 photos, 312 members
Rail 126,983 photos, 1,060 members
Rail Rider 95,837 photos, 411 members
English Electric Lightning 994 photos, 159 members
New Zealand Geographic 20,814 photos, 1,427 members
Spectacular Insects 32,609 photos, 5,020 members
kids love Darwin 440 photos, 46 members
Nikon D90 & 35mm 1.8G CLUB 8,368 photos, 1,319 members
terns 506 photos, 108 members
Gulls and Terns of the World 4,099 photos, 468 members
Beautiful Flickr Fotos! POST 1 AWARD 4! 8,633 photos, 865 members
Macros Especiais Fantásticas 14,392 photos, 2,319 members
Beautiful Bugs 71,197 photos, 5,509 members
Insects Macro World - Feel free to join us! 38,959 photos, 4,315 members
NATURE !!! (Post 1 / Comment 3) Icon Contest : Bugs 18,044 photos, 1,268 members
a monarch for mon@rch!! 2,346 photos, 416 members
Monarch Butterflies & Habitat 563 photos, 130 members
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES (Only) - SWEEPER ACTIVE! P1/C2 937 photos, 898 members
Caterpillars 10,045 photos, 2,724 members
Nikon P6000 10,597 photos, 312 members
Nikon D90 744,642 photos, 32,515 members
Beauty of Waterfowl 3,656 photos, 373 members
De Havilland DH-110 Sea Vixen 114 photos, 26 members
prime lenses (fixed focal length) 170,415 photos, 6,063 members
The Zuiko 35mm window. 234 photos, 14 members
MILF (Man, I Love Film) 19,997 photos, 687 members
Bird Perfect/Each Photo By Invite Only 7,299 photos, 1,620 members
OLYMPUS & PELÍCULA 2,520 photos, 164 members
Excellence In Avian Photography (EIAP) -- INVITED IMAGES (2/day) 61,039 photos, 7,925 members
olympus mju / stylus epic 3,675 photos, 277 members
peugeot 504 275 photos, 35 members
BLACKBIRD - AMSEL - DROSSEL 772 photos, 213 members
Medium Format Partyography ! 217 photos, 64 members
120 343,689 photos, 11,399 members
Square Format Masterpieces (see rules) 3,866 photos, 1,407 members
Medium Format 524,912 photos, 20,410 members
Medium Format Flickr 14,922 photos, 653 members
17mm 108 photos, 13 members
28mm (or equivalent) 3,657 photos, 205 members
Fuji Reala 5,942 photos, 666 members
Olympus OM-2 (Please read the TAG rules) 6,544 photos, 820 members
Zuiko 28mm's 1,113 photos, 174 members
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles 13,154 photos, 1,423 members
Light meters 1,008 photos, 223 members
Artistry of Childhood (invite only, fave/comment 1 for each post 187 photos, 109 members
Nikon AF 50mm F/1.4D 8,945 photos, 1,007 members
Twin Lens Reflex 141,706 photos, 10,780 members
Yashica Mat 53,914 photos, 4,277 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 (is away :( ) 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