Deb Ball. In the Spotlight
I started taking photographs, with a box camera and b/w film , 55 years ago at the age of 12, encouraged by my uncle.
I moved onto a Kodak Instamatic with colour cartridges, which I took to Nigeria with me, and bought my first SLR at 24.
I’ve been a member of Wifie for many years and loved using the darkroom.
This selection of photos is limited to what’s on my iPhone as I’ve been away from home and my computer for lockdown. As there are over 6,000 photos on it, this has been a challenge - but less than if I had had access to both my computer, which has 60,000 images on it, and the huge collection of negatives and photos I’ve taken over 40 years of pre-digital work.
None of the photos I’ve selected have been digitally edited - ( it’s possible that you might think they need it! ) - but I try to take the photo as I see it.
My subject matter covers a large array of topics, but distills down to 3 categories:- the spontaneous capturing of whatever catches my eye, the deliberate documentation of a process or event and those that fall into both.
Starting off with my first action shot, with the box camera, of my two brothers on a hot day in 1969...
I moved onto a Kodak Instamatic with colour cartridges, which I took to Nigeria with me, and bought my first SLR at 24.
I’ve been a member of Wifie for many years and loved using the darkroom.
This selection of photos is limited to what’s on my iPhone as I’ve been away from home and my computer for lockdown. As there are over 6,000 photos on it, this has been a challenge - but less than if I had had access to both my computer, which has 60,000 images on it, and the huge collection of negatives and photos I’ve taken over 40 years of pre-digital work.
None of the photos I’ve selected have been digitally edited - ( it’s possible that you might think they need it! ) - but I try to take the photo as I see it.
My subject matter covers a large array of topics, but distills down to 3 categories:- the spontaneous capturing of whatever catches my eye, the deliberate documentation of a process or event and those that fall into both.
Starting off with my first action shot, with the box camera, of my two brothers on a hot day in 1969...
