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<\/a>Allthough I had been taking photos for many years, they were only ever of holidays or family events – I was simply one of the many people who took photograps, in no way was I a photographer.<\/p>\n
This began to change in February 2010 when my wife and I were lucky enough to be able to go on our first Safari holiday, to Kenya. Knowing that there would be fantastic opportunities to take some memorable photograohs, I decided to upgrade my basic point and shoot camera to something a little better.<\/p>\n
After extensive research, I decided on a Panasonic Lumix because it seemed easy to use and was very compact which was important when actually on safari. After purchasing the camera I took one look at the 128 page manual and quickly decided to set the controls to Auto and that is how all of the Safari photos were taken.<\/p>\n
On return from Safari, I decided that I should take up photography as a serious hobby and so I jpoined the local camera club, and at the start of this year upgraded to an entry level DSLR, theCanon1100D and a Tamron 70 – 300 lens.<\/p>\n
I am still very much an amateur but am hopefully learning and improving my general photography skills.<\/p>\n
I have added a small selection of the photos I took, which I hope you will appreciate,the first of which is one that I took at the Samburu Nature Reserve and is one that was luckily picked up by some of the National press in the UK earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n