About My Photography Career and Equipment Bag

I've been interested in cameras and taking photos for as long as I can remember. This page is all about my photography career and equipment.

I've been interested in cameras and taking photos for as long as I can remember. As a child in the late 80s, I remember my granny gifting me my first camera - a Kodak Instamatic with 110 film cartridges. In the early 90s, I had a 35mm compact and later my dad's old Canon A-1 SLR. I was an early adopter of digital photography buying my first in 1997 - The Fujifilm DX-7. It was pretty rubbish by today's standards, actually by all standards, but I loved the fact I could take more than 36 shots and I didn't have to wait a week to see the results.

In the early 2000s, I upgraded to a Fujifilm S602 zoom which was a really good camera at the time with 6 megapixels and a 3x zoom (200mm equivalent). This camera taught me about photography and kickstarted my passion. I purchased a few screw-in filters, including macro which started my love for macro photography. In 2006 I was involved in a serious car crash and unfortunately damaged the camera. Later that year I bought a new camera, a Canon 350 DSLR with the kit lenses. This is when everything changed, and the photos produced by this camera were finally comparable to traditional film cameras. With cheaper memory cards I could snap away indefinitely, instantly review and delete unwanted photos. I did a lot of experimentation, bought lots of lenses, flashes and other equipment and haven't looked back. Over the years I stayed with Canon upgrading to the 400d, 550d and currently the 80d.

My current kit bag includes:

• Body - Canon 80d Digital SLR
• Main Lens - Canon 18-135mm
  • Additional Lenses:
    1. 60mm macro
    2. 70-300
    3. 150-500
• Accessories
  • Canon Speedlite 580EX
  • Canon Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX II
  • Circular Polarising Filters
  • Neutral Density and Gradient Filters
  • Manfrotto Tripod with pan/tilt head
  • Joby Gorillapod DSLR
  • Manfrotto Bag
  • Lexar Professional SD Cards
• Additional / Backup Cameras
  • Canon 550d Digital SLR
  • Canon SX720 HS Compact
  • GoPro Hero 7

I use my DSLRs together with my telescopes to photograph the universe, astronomy is another passion of mine.

I started this website in 2008 as a way to showcase my photography as well as document and share new skills and techniques I learned. I created a masterclass photography tutorial series which teaches everything you need to know about photography, from buying a camera to mastering exposure and composition.