GaryMac - Photographer from Manchester, UK

I have worked within the Construction Industry as boy and man and progressed into Project Tendering, Costing and Management on a variety of Projects, the recording of the work place and the work completed has been part of the job, as a photograph saves a 1000 word essay to describe the whole thing.

Starting with a standard Instamatic and working up to a Canon SLR originally worked exclusively in black and white film, which due to commercial nature of work was processed in house with the company and in a dark room I had at the house, for dark room read cupboard, self taught and recording only work images.

Due to family and work issues drifted away from other than family snapshots

With the Digital SLR's coming into the field, got back up to speed with the cameras and the now digital dark room and looked around to see if there was still a demand in the commercial construction sector for progress records, there is, especially for a suitably site qualified person who knows their way around the sites, this generates a reasonable secondary income to supplement costs, and equipment, the frustrating part of this genre is that 99% is specifically for each company and they retain all copy and usage rights in house.

However the ability to work with people and shrink into the background when necessary moved me onto my next passion which is street photography, recording life as it happens, in the various places that I visit in connection with my main work, the documentary style developed for the building work photographs lends itself well to this genre.

Looked at other avenues to pursue and two avenues opened up, always being an outside person the Landscape / Countryside / Outdoor activities attracted and I am active in this area in the Pennine Moors and the rugged landscape of the North West Lake District around Waste Water and Ravens brook are of particular interest

Second Avenue with access to a great studio, has generated a growing interest in Portrait, Beauty, Boudoir, Glamour areas and this has been an area of growing interest over the last 18 months

Well that covers interests and history, potted and condensed. The desires is a little more difficult in that Photography will, I believe, at the present time play second but important fiddle to my main profession, as an attitude of too long in the tooth to change is difficult to break. That said the entrepreneur in me will investigate and attempt to develop what ever I do and more importantly enjoy doing, into a usable profession

Goals are to continue to improve my Photography skills and take on as many Genres as possible to build as impressive a Portfolio as possible.