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About
the Photographer
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David
lives in Datchet, a village on the River Thames west of London, UK, with
his wife Jane and three daughters. After half a career in senior marketing
roles with large multinationals, and a spell as Director and part owner
of a successful Direct Marketing agency, he gave up full-time work in
1997 to photograph and write.
His work hangs in the meeting rooms, boardrooms and reception areas of
a number of major organisations. Elected an Associate of the Royal Photographic
Society at the first attempt in 1997, David has had several works accepted
for their key annual tours and has participated successfully in several
London exhibitions.
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About
the Photography
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I aim
to create distinctive, strong, vibrant colour images that are comfortable
to look at because they are well balanced in terms of structure, colour
and form. The result should express itself as a complete, harmonious yet
interesting image that will stand the test of time.
I work outdoors in natural light, always trying to photograph a subject
in conditions that fully realise its pictorial potential. I try to achieve
a strong graphic quality, and simplicity is an overt goal. I try consciously
to omit elements from my work unless they can contribute positively to
its success.
The ultimate expression of this photographer's work is the fine print.
After extensive comparative testing, I switched from conventional "wet"
printing to prints produced on a LightJet on Fuji Crystal Archive gloss
photographic paper a year or two ago. I have no regrets and this is one
decision I'm unlikely to change. The benefits include much greater fidelity
to the original transparency; far superior sharpness and detail, the ability
to produce much larger prints at a quality I consider acceptable, and
the ability to repeat prints that are materially identical . All of these
were major problems with the conventional print process, and my clients
have accepted the change with enthusiasm.
The images on this web-site were made between 1997 and 2001 mainly with
Bronica SQAi medium format cameras and a selection of prime lenses on
Fuji Velvia and Provia film. Some of the later images are from a Mamiya
7 medium format rangefinder. Exposures are determined with the aid of
a hand-held spotmeter. I prefer the act of photography to agonising about
equipment.
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About
this Web-Site
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Preparing
a web-site is difficult. Firstly because you have to choose the images
that will represent what you do, and it's been said that photographers
are their own worst editors. I have no doubt that some people whose opinions
I respect and who know my work well would have included more photographs
and others would have chosen less. Equally I'm convinced that some would
have opted for a very different selection of images.
Then when that's done, the reality is that the photographs will look different
on many viewers' monitors than they do as transparencies or prints, and
in no case will the crispness and detail on my transparencies and prints
be even remotely accessible from a small 72dpi. reproduction on the web.
Together with Ralph and Linda Weissenberger, who built this site for me,
I've worked hard to try to get the sense of the original across, spent
days in front of a computer that I probably know too little about, and
I can only hope that something of the character I try to portray comes
through to your monitor. |
