Well, this is obviously my first post here ... so hello there :)

That's me there, at the top ... some people show their appreciation for bands they like by wearing t-shirts and badges, but i've done that, so i'm showing my appreciation for The Smiths by dedicating the top of my head to 'em!

I love music very much, but i'll stick to photography right now as I don't want to take up too much space :) ... although perhaps it's linked that I got into photography, as my favourite music is that which conjures up imagery :)

I've always had a love of photography, from thinking about the actual 'capturing' of an image, to being able to see things that I wouldn't have without a photograph (i.e anything before 1989 :D) ... but I got interested into it recently after being inspired by Andy Summers' photographs off being 'inside' The Police (the band, not the coppers!)

My current interest is in 'Street' photography, and although the pictures below are digital, I recently got very kindly given an Olympus OM10 from one of my dad's friends who showed an interest in some of my photography I showed him, and i've currently been taking a 'test' film to get to grips with setting apetures/shutter speeds/focus after being used to the automatic settings on my little digital camera ...

I've read from other photographers that film photography is a much different experience than digital ... I just assumed that it was because you couldn't see the image right away like you can with digital cameras (which I got used to quicker than I thought actually!) but it wasn't until I got stuck in with the OM10 that it feels much more 'heavyweight' and there seems to be a much stronger atmosphere and emotive quality than digital :)

Anyway, above are some of my fledgling 'street' shots ...

Joe.


The rest of my photographs are at JoeEP.Deviantart.com :)