About Kol Tregaskes / Kol Tregaskes  

.me
I'm a keen amateur photographer who is learning every day. Photography is a passion and a hobby that's taken over my life. So much so I'm looking to take courses on photography (as well as drawing) with the Open College of Arts. I really enjoy taking photos but feel I have a lot of room for improvement. Saying that I can definitely see I've got better since getting serious in late 2007.

I would like to eventually combine photography with my other interests; travelling, cycling & pencil drawing. But currently I'm out of work nursing my Mother. I do make sure, though, I take some time out for my photography. My main genres are landscapes, nature, animals, events and sport.

Along with photography I have also started to learn Photoshop loving manipulating and tidying my photos. I've found Photoshop very easy to pick up and use but, again, there is lots to learn.

.my photography sites
After uploading every shot I took, I've started to slow myself down and be more picky. I have started to tidy up my collections and sets and created a photography collection that's a good place to start browsing:
.photography

And for a wider selection of my better photos have a look at:
.bestof

In addition to Flickr I have created my own photography site at:
squashyfrog.com

It comes complete with a blog at:
blog.squashyfrog.com

Lastly I have a deviantART page where you can buy prints, etc. of my work here:
koltregaskes.deviantart.com

.my armoury
For a updated list of my kit (and links), please see my blog page here.

.my flickr
I've created a several groups, the main ones are: -
World Tour: Do Before You Die:
(a group of photos that'll inspire people to travel the World)
Wonders of the World:
(a group of photos you think are 'wonders')
British Isles & Ireland:
(a group for anything relating to the British Isles and Ireland)
Learn by Picture:
(a group to post your photos to get feedback and advice from others)
How-to by Photograph:
(a group to post images and their details of how they were created for others to learn from)
Tutorial by Picture:
(a group to post images that are photography tutorials)

So please pop along, share you photos and post your discussions.

.my social media
Click on the links below to view my social media pages:



.the end
My photos have been used by various people, such as a outside broadcasting company, a major credit card/bank and one photo was nearly used for a Royal Mail stamp. So if you are interested in using my photos or my services please contact me. And I'm a contributor to the great Dark Matter Magazine site. So have a look at all the great artists that are there. Finally, enjoy my photostream! :-)




1. Up on the farm (no border), 2. Winter leaves, 3. A morning walk in Kent (no border), 4. Rural scrawl, 5. Into the light, 6. Fence post, 7. Web strings on branch, 8. Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2007 (Brandon's Painting Tool), 9. City Hall (revisited), 10. Kaz at sunrise revisited, 11. Le Tour de France London Urban Acid, 12. Wimbledon 2007, 13. New Forest donkeys