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Photographer Interview: MickLilley
MickLilley, the winner of several contests, is answering our questions.
1. Who are you? Please give brief background information.
I am Mick Lilley. I am a service engineer by
day. I travel the country installing and repairing machines. I live in
Milton Keynes in England and have been married for seven years to my
beautiful wife Chari.
2. How long have you been doing photography?
I have been interested in photography for many years but haven't
really pursued it until recently. I was hauling a very old Zenit 2 35mm
SLRaroumd taking shots of this and that. My wife offered to upgrade it
to a digital camera about a year ago, and my photography interest has
really blossomed since then.
3. Do you earn living from photography or you do photography as your
hobby/ your half time job?
I only do it for a hobby but I really
enjoy it, and I get pleasure when I learn a new technique and get a
good shot from it.
4. Are you specializing in a particular area of photography? What are
your favorite places/objects to shoot?
I don't specialize in any area of photography at the moment as I
am really exploring all areas in order to improve my technique.
5. Who are your big photographic influences? How do you educate yourself? Do you read special literature, visit
photography galleries? What photo books/magazines do you have on your
bookshelf?
I don't
have any one picture or photographer that influences me, but read
photography magazines and look at different types of pictures and if
one in particular stands out for me I try to take particular note of
the composition and style and add that to my mental database for future
reference. Hopefully this will then improve my own picture taking
ability.
6. What equipment and software do you use (camera(s), lenses, film,
etc.)?
My pride and joy is a Fuji Finepix S8000. I chose that particular
model because it had an 18x optical zoom lens, and as it was my first
digital camera it didn't look too complicated.
7. What is your opinion on post-processing, especially enhancing
pictures?
I don't have or use any
editing software, so at the moment with my pictures what you see is
what I shot. I admire some of the edited pictures that I have seen and
have a great respect for the artistic ability of the editors. For me
personally I think it is a good idea to improve my picture composure
and quality first and then venture into editing at a later date. Let's
not run before we can walk eh :).
8. What advice would you give someone who is interested in photography
and wants to improve their photography skills?
If I were to give advise to someone who was interested in
photography it would be "Get out there and take the shots. Then take a
good look at the pictures, discard the ones you don't like, and learn
from the ones you do. Read plenty, and try to apply new ideas to every
shot or situation."
9. What’s the most challenging aspect of photography for you? What’s
the best part of it?
The most challenging part of it for me is to figure out all the
dials, knobs and settings on the camera, and then try to remember how
to set them up fast enough to get the shot I want. The best part is
loading the pictures on the computer and seeing the shot I intended to
take right there on the screen in front of me.
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