I have been enjoying this great hobby of ours since 1971 when I bought my first SLR camera and have been a member of camera clubs for 50+ years, which does not mean I reckon to know it all of course. I dabble at most subjects although I do not enjoy tabletop and studio work very much and am a relative new starter at candid work.

I currently use an Olympus E450 and in the past also used two Canon compacts, a PowerShot A550 and a PowerShot G10, but they have now been replaced with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ80 which I use most of the time these days.

I finally retired from Shepshed & District Camera Club in September, 2021 which you can find at www.shepshedcameraclub.co.uk/ and have my own photoblog at brianaw.shutterchance.com