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Hello the names Ryan currently I'm 18 and I have just started my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology. After spending two years prior at college studying and Media & Photography.

Photography is a huge hobby of mine and I did my first professional shoot on the 6th January 2012, which was a wedding venue at the Aldwalk Manor hotel on the outskirts of York.

I first started taking an interest in photography when I got a Polaroid Joycam for my 8th Birthday back in 2001. Although at that time I really had no knowledge and just snapped pictures of anything, to see how they instantly developed.

In 2003 I went digital, getting a 3.2MP Canon Powershot A300 and during a trip to Windsor and a Holiday to Majorca my photography interest flourished a little bit more. In 2008 due to the Canon being vastly inadequate I bought a Samsung S1050 for our holiday to Turkey.

Then in January 2010 after having some left over xmas money from buying my unibody MacBook Pro I bought my first DSLR camera an olympus E420. At this stage I also began collecting older film cameras and older photographic equipment including Film SLR's, developing equipment extra lenses, film movie cameras and a developing tank. I enjoy film photography and believe digital just cant match the quality and effect what film produces.

in November 2011 I got my Nikon D90 after selling the Olympus, as it was surplus to requirements. I am hoping for my 19th Birthday in March to get the Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens for portraits etc.

I spend a lot of my free time studying and reading at moment, but I do also often take walks armed with my DSLR or iPhone 4S just to in case something crops up along the way, which I feel would be make an awesome shot.

What I currently use

Digitals
Nikon D90
Samsung S1050
Apple iPhone 4S

Film SLR Cameras
Olympus OM-10
Fujica ST 605n


Lenses
Sigma 28mm
Fujinon 55mm
Carl Zeiss Jenna DDR 135mm
Zuiko OM-system 50mm
Nikkor 18-105mm

Flashes
Jupiter 2000 Flash Gun
Jessops 360 AFD Flash Gun for Nikon

Software
Aperture 3.0
iPhoto '11
Colour Efex Pro
Silver Efex Pro
Adobe Photoshop CS5


Anything else feel free to contact me