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You can view my photographic collections based on countries and subjects on Flickr, either chronologically in Albums or topically in Collections.

Albums

Collections

I have Press Accreditation from the Palestine News Network (PNN) and Holy Land Trust.

My photographic journey

I invested my life savings in my first camera aged 10 with money earned from my newspaper round. It was a Russian made Cosmic 35. I then graduated to an all manual Zenit B SLR with a prime 50mm lens and an external exposure meter. I used a magnifying glass to create my first zoom lens. When I got a real job, working in a fish and chip shop and then as a petrol pump attendant, I upgraded to a Canon A1 and a zoom lens. Then I bought a Canon T90 and Canon EOS 650.

But like the story of the ‘Pearl of Great Price’ I eventually sold all my Canon equipment and converted to Nikon, first buying a lovely Nikon D200 DSLR, before upgrading to a Nikon D300, and eventually to the full frame D700. When the children left home, I could afford a Nikon D4s with a D750 as a second body. I carried a Sony RX100 on my hip until an iPhone became my primary camera.

I was finding the cameras and lenses increasingly heavy to carry and so in late 2019 I part-exchanged my DSLRs and lenses at MPB and London Camera Exchange, for a mirrorless Nikon Z6 with two zoom lenses – a 24-70mm and a 14-30mm as well as a 50mm prime. Increasingly dissatisfied with the auto-focus on the Z6 and reliance on one storage card, in 2022, I repented of my move from Canon and purchased a Canon EOS R5 with a RF 24-105 F/4L lens. It will be my last switch…

My photos are copywrite and may not be reproduced commercially without permission. You may however freely use them for charitable or educational use if the source is acknowledged. To purchase originals of any of these photographs please contact Stephen