Gannets on Bempton Cliffs

Tony Murtagh

Allthough I have been taking pictures since my father gave me his Brownie Box Camera almost 50 years ago, I only took it up as a serious hobby in 2011. I bought my first decent digital camera (a Panasonic Lumix) prior to going on our first safari, to Kenya in February 2010, and as I was reasonably pleased with the results I decided to take photography up as a hobby and joined Maidenhead Camera Club where I started to learn how to use the camera properly! Since then I have changed it for a Cannon DSLR. I still count myself very much a novice but am hopefully learning and improving.