About Me

My name is Richard Lovegrove, and I have been taking photographs since I was given my first camera - a Kodak Brownie 127, at the age of 9 (more years ago than I care to remember). The black and white photos here come from my first roll of film (only 8 images per film in those days). The camera had no aperture or shutter controls, it was a "point and shoot". One had to wait days in eager anticipation for the processed film to come back. Only 6 pictures had "come out". I had opened the camera up because I had wound the film on too far (maybe a quarter of an inch) and innocently assumed that this would affect the outcome of the images. Little did I know that this caused the film (or at least the first couple of images) to be worthless. Needless to say, I pursued my hobby, although my career path did not take me into the world of professional photography. I worked my way through various cameras, from a 2¼ x 2¼ square format Agfa, to Rangefinder Voigtländer Vito CD 35 mm, via Zenit, Pentax, Voigtländer and Canon SLR's to a Canon EOS digital DSLR. I have been teaching Digital Photography to Adults at Oaklands College for a number of years now, and continue to do so, and have had the pleasure of encouraging well over 200 students to enjoy their camera and their hobby more.