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 | My name is Mark Leader, I'm an amateur photographer. I was born in Surrey & grew up in Greater London. |
| My son Daniel was born in August of 1996. Using a Pentax Espio 110 digital compact, he must have been the most photographed child in the country. This is when my interest in photography started to snowball. In 2005, as a family, we moved to East Sussex. Being surrounded by such a lot of stunning coastal landscape, namely beachy head, and seven sisters, amongst many other places, led my photographic journey to be primarily landscape based. Although It wasn't really until Christmas 2008 when my wife bought me a canon s5 IS bridge camera that my passion for photography really gained pace. I quickly moved onto the canon 350d SLR, then to my current canon 40d. (I'm currently working on convincing the wife that I REALLY need a 5d mkii). I've had numerous lenses, and I now have quite a catalogue of filters too. I've just found out that I have a place on a photographic trip to the Scottish Highlands in late October, including a few days on the Isle of Skye. The trip being organised and hosted by the incredibly talented Angus Clyne, runner up lanscape photographer of the year 2011. To say i'm excited would be a slight under-statement. I really feel that just now my photographic journey is really gathering pace at quite a staggering rate. And i'm lucky enough to have a wonderful wife and family who are behind me, supporting and encouraging me all the way. Thank you..... | |