Hi, I’m Adrian …
I am a freelance photographer from the Swansea Valley in South Wales and welcome to my personal website.
Here I will be documenting some images and events to show my view of the world through a viewfinder. I want you to enjoy some of the places where I like to visit and things I like to photograph.
I will also be adding some reviews on equipment as my journey progresses and kit changes etc..
Hopefully, you will enjoy viewing the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.
My journey … so far
My love of photography started at an early age when I was 15, and for Christmas I was given a 35mm film SLR camera, a Praktica MTL-5B with a selection of prime lenses.
Though I loved nothing more than to go out and take photos, there was always the expense of purchasing films, and having to wait until the postman delivered your processed photos several weeks later just so that you could see if they were any good.
I took a break from photography for a while and then purchased a Fuji HS10 bridge, which gave me some good results, but it wasn’t what I wanted deep down – I wanted that feeling of interchangeable lenses back.
I tried a few Canon cameras, an 1100D & 60D (both picked up 2nd hand from various reputable online retailers), couldn’t fault the images I had from them, though the 1100D suffered from a severe scratch to the sensor and the 60D would never stay clean – the sensor was always picking up dust from the dust box every time I took a photo and the mirror slapped back and forth. The lens choices were great and plentiful which can cause somewhat of a dilemma when you want to choose a lens when purchasing.
But still, I wasn’t quite happy…..until….
I purchased the Fuji X-T20. The super retro design which resembles those vintage film cameras we all loved, the colours produced by the 24mp sensor just oozed as if there is an explosion in a paint factory. What was there not to love – so much so, I also purchased one of the big brothers of the X-T20, namely the X-H1. Same sensor, same colours, pretty much the same camera just with a few added features and bigger body.
As much as I loved my X-H1’s ( yes I bought a second one I loved it so much), I treated myself and traded up to a Fuji X-T5 – 40mp in an aps-c sensor. My current kit is 2 x Fuji X-T5’s ( Yes – I done it again) coupled with a selection of Fuji XF lenses, Pergear 60mm 2x macro lens(manual focus) and the odd vintage manual lens with adaptors – just for fun!