Photography

A brief history

I have been taking photographs for as long as I can remember.

I started off as a teenager with Praktica SLR, a bag full of lenses and took a mixture of slide and film.

I first went digital in 2000 with a Fuji FinePix2400 zoom which took pictures at 1600x1200 pixels

In 2005 I upgraded to an Olympus mju410D increasing image quality to 2272x1704 pixels.

In 2006 I moved on from digital pocket cameras and invested in a Nikon D80 DSLR – a 10 mega pixel semi-professional camera with a Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED DX VR lense, supplemented with a Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC ultra wide zoom for some landscape work. Most images are taken at 3872x2592 in HQ jpeg format and are between 4-5mb in size.

For specific commissions I can also capture RAW images for additional post-capture processing.

In 2009 after giving my daughter my old Olympus mju410D, I realised that occasionally a digital pocket camera is quite useful. So I picked up a Fuji A100, a 10 mega pixel camera with a 3x optical zoom taking images at 3648x2736 pixels in HQ jpeg format for £56 from ASDA. How can they make it at that price??? and it will be interesting to compare images with my Nikon D80. I'll set up a page soon showing the image quality of the different cameras I've owned over the last 10 years.

In 2010 I invested in a Sigma 150mm-500mm zoom in order to widen my portfolio and to capture that long range shot that normal cameras can't get. I have been impressed with the ease of use and sharpness when used hand held. I do try to keep the shutter speed above 1/300th second.

So with three lenses I go from 10mm to 500mm or in 35mm film terms 14mm to 700mm.

In 2010 I invested in a Nikon D3000 body which I picked up on the cheap as it was a boxed set with no lens. Two bodies do help to protect the camera and lens from dust and dirt as I am not having to constantly swop lenses when photographing an event.

In 2011 I decided a body upgrade was needed after struggling with my D80 to get decent low light piccys at the October 2011 Serpents Tail slalom so I brought the D7000. With a maximum image size of 4928x3264 at 16.1M pixels the image is almost a third larger than the D80. Maximum shutter speed is 1/8000th (D80 1/4000th), max rated ISO 6400 (1600) with further settings to 25,400 (6,400). I'll give some feedback in my blog.

Image and Photo Galleries

I have two galleries.

The photo gallery are images posted at 640x428 for the earlier albums, but now increasingly at 800x800.  These I take partly for fun, partly for improving my photographic technique and partly to sell through this website.

Copyright

All images are Copyright © www.geoffallen.org.uk and may not be reproduced in any format without the express permission of Geoff Allen.

If you wish to use or purchase any of the images within this website then please contact me to discuss terms.

Stock Images – all images featured on this website are available for editorial or advertising use.  Please contact me to discuss prices, terms and conditions.  Most images have been taken at 3872x2592 in jpeg format and are between 4-5mb in size.

For copyright protection, all screen versions of the images have visible watermarking.