Hi there!
I am Linda
I worked for many years as a lecturer at colleges and universities, teaching computer-aided design and visualisation courses. In 2014, I retired and embarked on a well-earned cruise around the Virgin Islands. While passing a local shop, I spotted a camera on offer and decided—although I still have no idea why, other than it was a bargain—to buy it. Little did I know, I was taking my first steps on a long and fruitful photographic journey. Although late to photography (when I was young, I never grasped my dad’s F-stop explanations). I’ve always thought in visual terms. That might be something to do with my dyslexia – many famous photographers were, or are, dyslexic: Ansel Adams, David Bailey, and Don McCullin. Maybe I've seen the world through a lens all my life and never realised it.
Light is all-important. When I see the right light, I know precisely what I want to take even before the camera is to my eye. Then I look for the geometry within that light – those two elements can make a viewer stop and stare at an image, regardless of the subject. Often, I add an unusual angle or a novel perspective to make the familiar unfamiliar, thereby heightening interest and intrigue. So, is photography an art or a craft? For me, it’s both. The art is in the capture, the craft is in the editing. My influences include Henry Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Yousif Kirsh and Lee Miller. These are renowned photographers whose black-and-white images utilise light, subject, and space to capture that moment in time that tells the story. My current focus is on Sports, Events, Portraits, and Studio.