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Flickr has been like a second university in later life to me - no exaggeration. And more and more I have come to appreciate that this online life, albeit so virtual and in many senses unreal, is actually not so dissimilar from real life as we often imagine.
I've been here for six years now. Just about oldskool, though not as oldskool as some.
And things are not so very different from that first university experience so long ago. Plenty people around at the same time I started have since dropped out, as happened then.
People that seemed good to be around have proved less so over time, as happened then. Interesting souls you hardly noticed in the beginning suddenly grab your attention.
There are complaints about the dean and administrators. Some people transfer to a smaller, ostensibly more liberal college. But most of us remain. Enrol semester by semester, learning from one another, dropping by one another's campus rooms, leaving notes, sometimes engaging in conversations or banter, making one or two friends for life.

Amongst other things I'm the founder/editor of the children's books website ACHUKA
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Before doing that I had time to write, and have written books about Melville & Hawthorne (a historical novel), Tennyson (a full-length biography) and William Cowper (a short guide to his poetry).

Since going digital, I've always used Sony
S70 (deceased)
W1 (deceased)
H1
@100
@580

I frequently run a slideshow of my Favorites or look back through my Achukapicks set, for inspiration.

Spend far too much time here, but it's a great place to be.

I'm admin for the One To One pool, a group for photos of places that are suited to conversations between two people, whether intimate or friendly, passionate or philosophical, everyday-chit-chatty or tensely dramatic... It's an open group, with no obligations or icons attached.

I tried (but failed) to keep the number of my Contacts at or just below the 2000 mark.

Prints of some of my photos can be obtained via my portfolio:
photo.achuka.co.uk.

www.twitter.com/achuka

Photos of achuka (14)

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Contacts (3,620)

Naian Nian naian nian
silsoe7 silvina soave
{Shelbi} Lynn A. No real name given
Ben909 No real name given
Brittany Nicol... No real name given
katiaromanova Katia Romanova
wise wolf... No real name given
Anita Dada' Anita Dadà
annapozarycka Ann
Alička No real name given
virgineyes No real name given
p*p Petra

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PLYM Magazine 2012 12,845 photos, 1,996 members
Search The Best (Post INVITED photos Only) New Group 842 photos, 506 members
Little Photo 547 photos, 96 members
Android Photo´s (AP) 18 photos, 48 members
BSP (Best Street Photography) 663 photos, 168 members
~~fence friday~~(the original) 19,003 photos, 3,176 members
Sigma 85mm F/1.4 EX DG HSM 6,045 photos, 1,012 members
SONY ALPHA CLUB 175,003 photos, 3,740 members
The Childhood of the invisible... 881 photos, 192 members
FOR THE LOVE OF HORSES... 63,837 photos, 15,461 members
Alice guarda i gatti - Cat's Lover! 1,373 photos, 192 members
The Isle of Mull 558 photos, 85 members
zorki cameras 9,752 photos, 1,271 members
Pentacon Six 23,048 photos, 1,980 members
melancholy 66,048 photos, 4,215 members
Werra Cameras 993 photos, 210 members
Vignette for Android 23,903 photos, 2,075 members
Your Best Shot 2010 20,194 photos, 24,714 members
myspace* 138 photos, 76 members
Kate Day's Photo Competition 5,190 photos, 976 members
Of Me 181,652 photos, 14,074 members
Image Portrait Gallery !!! - B&W or Color !!! 26,194 photos, 1,013 members
Ingmar Bergman's 63rd Film 8,337 photos, 762 members
Mamiya Love (FILM ONLY) 65,614 photos, 5,097 members
Character Studies 18,577 photos, 755 members
Le Club Noir 1,536 photos, 275 members
Libertango ~ Invitation ONLY 3,531 photos, 370 members
Fictitious Reality 37 th Exhibition- ericguo06 20 photos, 349 members
AllEdges Still Life 70,131 photos, 5,386 members
The Bluebells Photo Group 4,431 photos, 1,022 members
We Chase Light 8,163 photos, 1,132 members
Pure PhotoArt! 2,458 photos, 387 members
Olympus 35 RC 2,305 photos, 241 members
Mamiya TLR 23,712 photos, 1,994 members
Are you dreaming my memory ? 14,606 photos, 387 members
SELF-PORTRAIT 149,676 photos, 13,586 members
Ilovethatphoto.net Photography Magazine 57,753 photos, 2,380 members
Image Gallery / B&W !!! 85,517 photos, 2,606 members
SOS Haiti 1,492 photos, 382 members
Your Best Shot 2009 16,546 photos, 20,180 members
Fictitious Reality-30 Exhibition- gabonezu (back but very s/) 2 photos, 239 members
Nellie Vin Fine Art Magazine 6,050 photos, 340 members
A pets group that is not stupid! 58 photos, 14 members
'Six of the best' 10,659 photos, 215 members
My heart profoundly fluttered, my soul's eye grew clear... 10,535 photos, 561 members
Strobist.com 527,843 photos, 104,122 members
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Galleries (77)

masks 1 photo
Profiles vol VIII 8 photos
reading vol. iv 7 photos
Windows VII 8 photos
red vol. vii 18 photos

Testimonials (9)

f o x e says:

"One of the most friendly people on flickr :) He can make you smile with his photographs and with his great always bright comments! Thank You!"

28th January, 2011
clive_reedman says:

"I passed achuka on Brighton Pier this afternoon. He was pointing his camera at Seagulls which made me stop and give him a Moo card. I thought nothing of it as I do it often. But then he wrote to me through Flickr and I have spent three hours traversing and enjoying his work. I will go to bed tonight with some of his images in my mind and that is te greatest compliment I can pay him. I will come back again and again and learn and be inspired."

29th March, 2009
dora sans raison says:

"he will "sway" you.. I cannot imagine flickr without him.."

27th July, 2008
emre_u ( Away ) says:

"Michael is very talented, I like the way he sees, frames, shoots. I adore his work. You should have a look at his stream, you'll learn many things."

6th January, 2008
vivavia says:

"beautiful work. surprising character.
the best balance yet"

10th November, 2007
shokographic says:

"thanks for some lovely comments which is always so just lovely and makes me smile ;D
you've got tons of amazing images... I admire you!"

23rd October, 2007
Paulin'a says:

"Achuka is a very good photographer with mass of idea. I really like his creative work."

21st October, 2007
dora. says:

"Michael is endowed with a good taste and sensitivity. He's got an eye for things of a beauty. I'm happy to have met him on flickr, I would be happy to meet him in real life. Thank you Michael :-)"

25th December, 2006
puja says:

"Achuka's images are simple, yet beautiful."

26th July, 2005