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Phil Haigh

Halifax P.S.

I am almost 62 years old and have been a member of Halifax P.S. for about 4 years and for the last 2 years have looked after the Society web site. Until buying a computer for work in 2000, I had no interest in photography but as digital photography has gradually developed I have become much more keen.

My main interest in photography is landscape and my favourite location is the coast of Northumberland. I have taken hundreds of shots of this area and I really enjoy going out well before sunrise to capture the special light available at this time. Many times I come back with nothing but on other times return with shots that make it all worth while. I also enjoy steam railway photography and like to combine this with a landscape feel to the shots. Last Christmas I changed my previous Nikon D 70 camera for the Nikon D300 which I am finding to be a superb camera. A few weeks ago I also bought an Epson R 1900 so that I can print images at A3 size. I have orders at the moment from family members for framed images of Whitby and Robin Hoods Bay so this is an area that I will be visiting several times this summer. I use Photoshop and Nikon capture NX to process my images and since buying the Nikon D300 I am taking shots much more in Raw. I also use a tripod for most of my landscape shots and also use Cokin graduated neutral density filters on my camera lenses for my sunrise and sunset images. I am inspired greatly by the work of Joe Cornish, David Noton and Charlie Waite.

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Bamburgh in the Pink	Lindisfarne Cobles at Dawn
Steam over Ribblehead	Climbing to Oxenhope
Morning Light Dunstanburgh	High tide, Stag Rocks, Bamburgh