Ian Bailey LRPS

I was given our old family camera to record my young but growing family, and, after taking a few snaps, decided there must be ways to improve the quality of the pictures from a box Brownie. I bought a Russian SLR camera (the well known and solid Russian Zenit-E). My first attempts started a love of photography that has lasted ever since.

Before the advent of digital I worked exclusively with medium and large format cameras, developing film and printing all my pictures in my darkrrom at home. I now use digital cameras and have learned to embrace the creative/editing techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop that were not possible in the darkroom. I still do all my own printing using Epson printers and Canson paper.

My photographic interest lies with the outdoors. Landscape and nature fe6ature in most of my images but I do dabble with other genres of photography.

I have been a volunteer in various roles with the Royal Photographic Society since the 1980s and as an accountant I am well placed to to help the committee as Regional Finance Officer.