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I am a Bass Player that also take pictures.

My main occupation takes me to West Malling, Kent most weekdays. But my leisure time is taken up with music, gardening, photography and grandchildren.

I play in a Rock & Roll band most weekends in and around the Sussex coastal towns.

Over the years I have owned various Pentax and Canon SLRs, Olympus Trip, Rollei 35, Pentax compacts. My first venture into digital was in 1999 when I bought a Fuji MX-1700 Zoom, which I still have. At the time it was the best toy I have ever owned. I soon stopped taking film pictures but missed the SLRs so much that I traded in my Pentax Me Super for a Fuji Finepix S602 Zoom and then soon after a Canon EOS 350D. This was upgraded to Canon EOS 500D which is my current favourite. For compact work I have an Olypmus FE-240 which is great for dropping into a pocket. I also own a Canon EOS 600 which is very rarely used.

Although I use PhotoShop, Paintshop Pro (preferred) and various other picture editing programs, I find them all far too complex, frustrating and time consuming. I have always preferred to get everything "in camera" rather than playing around with computer software after the event.