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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 2,388 photos, 118 members
New Zealand Railway 3,239 photos, 140 members
Runs On Rails 43,178 photos, 308 members
Rail 125,790 photos, 1,057 members
Rail Rider 95,294 photos, 409 members
English Electric Lightning 985 photos, 158 members
New Zealand Geographic 20,353 photos, 1,392 members
Spectacular Insects 32,136 photos, 5,004 members
kids love Darwin 440 photos, 46 members
Nikon D90 & 35mm 1.8G CLUB 8,180 photos, 1,305 members
terns 502 photos, 106 members
Gulls and Terns of the World 4,059 photos, 465 members
Beautiful Flickr Fotos! POST 1 AWARD 4! 8,606 photos, 866 members
Macros Especiais Fantásticas 14,322 photos, 2,314 members
Beautiful Bugs 70,685 photos, 5,487 members
Insects Macro World - Feel free to join us! 38,771 photos, 4,316 members
NATURE !!! (Post 1 / Comment 3) Icon Contest : Grasshopper 17,853 photos, 1,267 members
a monarch for mon@rch!! 2,334 photos, 418 members
Monarch Butterflies & Habitat 556 photos, 130 members
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES (Only) - SWEEPER ACTIVE! P1/C2 930 photos, 897 members
Caterpillars 9,984 photos, 2,717 members
Nikon P6000 10,576 photos, 311 members
Nikon D90 739,490 photos, 32,320 members
Beauty of Waterfowl 3,610 photos, 373 members
De Havilland DH-110 Sea Vixen 114 photos, 26 members
prime lenses (fixed focal length) 169,631 photos, 6,042 members
The Zuiko 35mm window. 236 photos, 15 members
MILF (Man, I Love Film) 19,728 photos, 680 members
Bird Perfect/Each Photo By Invite Only 6,928 photos, 1,570 members
OLYMPUS & PELÍCULA 2,453 photos, 163 members
Excellence In Avian Photography (EIAP) -- INVITED IMAGES (2/day) 60,780 photos, 7,892 members
olympus mju / stylus epic 3,633 photos, 275 members
peugeot 504 272 photos, 33 members
BLACKBIRD - AMSEL - DROSSEL 746 photos, 208 members
Medium Format Partyography ! 217 photos, 64 members
120 339,951 photos, 11,312 members
Square Format Masterpieces (see rules) 3,863 photos, 1,407 members
Medium Format 520,202 photos, 20,299 members
Medium Format Flickr 14,505 photos, 649 members
17mm 102 photos, 13 members
28mm (or equivalent) 3,646 photos, 206 members
Fuji Reala 5,913 photos, 661 members
Olympus OM-2 (Please read the TAG rules) 6,459 photos, 812 members
Zuiko 28mm's 1,114 photos, 174 members
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles 13,072 photos, 1,419 members
Light meters 1,007 photos, 222 members
Artistry of Childhood (invite only, fave/comment 1 for each post 187 photos, 109 members
Nikon AF 50mm F/1.4D 8,880 photos, 999 members
Twin Lens Reflex 140,685 photos, 10,727 members
Yashica Mat 53,622 photos, 4,257 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