The Photographer - Graham Adams:

Gray (Graham) is in his 60th year during which time he has taken photographs on and off for 47 years, since he went to Paris for 8 days with his school using a “Cresta” lent him by his father. He took 2 x 24 shots, let the light into 1 film, when changing it in the wardrobe and ended with 12 blurred, grey, under/over exposed shots.

Photography went on the back burner until he bought a Zenith 3n with a 300mm lens which he used whilst following another of his passions, Motor Racing, back when the paddock, pits, and drivers were not always off limits to amateur snappers and the likes of Graham Hill, Hulme, Brabham, Surtees and inimitable Jim Clark took part not only in Grand Prix but raced saloon cars giving fantastic picture opportunities.

At the age of 10 Graham started sailing and this has been his major indulgence to this day. When he decided to make Brightlingsea his home he bought a Nikon 56 slr, a 300mm lens and a 2 times converter and started to snap “the most photogenic town in Essex” and what you see on his site is the fruits of his labours over the past 3 years, now with time available having had work give him up due to Parkinsons disease.

His first exhibition Reflections of Brightlingsea was in December 04 when somewhere close to 650 visitors saw the pictures, many were counted twice, returning on the second day for another look. It is sometimes commented that he defies the conventions on picture composition and construction particularly on the position of the horizon, he points to the impressionist artists particularly Claude Monet who’s work he has long admired. His favourite Monets all have boats, water, and reflections and, whilst he wouldn’t claim, nor permit any comparison with Claude Monet, that greatest of the impressionists remains Graham's inspiration.

Graham now uses a digital Nikon Coolpiix 8.7 megapix. However all but a few of the pictures shown here are derived from 35mm. The digital ones carry the additional data on exposure etc.

Thank you for your time visiting this site; enjoy the pictures for what they are...
... a series of Snaps, by Gray

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