Marks Wasted Time: Everything must go!

Friday, August 26, 2011

Everything must go!

The trip to Bournemouth Air Festival didn't quite go to plan, so no shots of Spitfires or the Red Arrows as a nine. RIP Flt Lt Jon Egging. With my tour to Europe and North Africa only a week away I'll be trying to keep my camera kit charged, ship-shape and empty of shots. My folder of discarded shots has been stacking up a little lately and as I've not been too active posting (and probably won't be the whole time away) I thought I'd just post them all up...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: some really cool shots:)...you must have a clear out more often. cant wait to get some blown up for the walls xxx; 11:06 am
Dave F Barker said...: Some fine shots you have there Mark,

How long is your tour going to last? and where are the place you will be visiting?; 1:57 pm
Mark said...: Riding my motorcycle through France, Spain, Morocco and back up through Portugal for 6 weeks. :)

Will be back hopefully with plenty of photos to blog in mid-october!; 10:07 am
Dave F Barker said...: Wow that sound fabulous, have a great time, look forward to reading your blog and seeing your images; 4:04 pm

Whos wasted time?

My name is Mark Coombes, I live in the South of England, near the City of Bath. I'm 42 and have a deep passion for all things photographic. I always had some artistic talent, but never had the patience for most art forms, so digital photography suits me down to the ground.

I was given a Canon 1000F for my 18th birthday with some old Sigma lenses, but really only got serious in 2006 when I bought a 350D. My equipment went from 17-85mm, 100-300mm IS and Sigma 105mm Macro, to a 16-35mm II L and 100-400mm L thanks to some serious saving and in 2010 I upgraded to a Canon 50D, before finally investing in a Canon 5D mark III in 2013. Since then I've added various flashes, flash modifiers, filters, polarisers, tripods and a Canon 135mm f/2 lens.

I tend to photograph anything and everything that I find photogenic, combined with my passion for adventure and exploration most of my photos are happy coincidences, rather than the odd planned or staged effort. If I was to pick one specific area to specialise in it would be wildlife photography, especially now I'm getting out for less sunrise landscapes. Only time will tell where it leads and if anything productive ever comes out of it, or if I am just wasting time..