Images of Wirral, About talks & Photography by Colin Millington

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About:-

Me:-
At last count 66, Married with three children and six grandchildren, who I believe are collectively responsible for the white hair. I have lived on Wirral all my life and have no desire to live anywhere else. Apart from photography I am interested in wildlife, family & local history, I also collect photographs and postcards depicting old Wirral.

Photography:-
I’ve been interested in photography for about as long as I can remember. I joined the police in 1961 retiring in 1986. I was lucky enough to spend the last 14 years of my police career as a photographer/fingerprint officer. From 1986 to 2006 I worked for a local tug operator on Merseyside and took all their publicity pictures, now that I'm fully retired I can please myself what I photograph.

The talks:-
The talks are aimed at local history & amenity societies, they reflect my interests and are a mixture of wildlife, landscape and history. I normally ask for a fee of £30 to cover costs provided the venue is on Wirral, follow the Talks links above or below for further details.

Equipment:-.
I use two camera bodies, a Minolta 800si and a Minolta 7000 with a range of lenses 28mm wide angle to 500mm telephoto, 1.4 and 2x converter a 100mm macro lens and various flash and long releases complete the outfit. Film used is exclusively Fuji, Velvia 50 for landscapes and Sensia 100 which I sometimes rate at 200 ASA when a fast shutter speed is needed. I vowed I would never enter the 'digital' world but have been impressed with the results of a Nikon Coolpix 4300 which my children bought for my birthday a couple of years ago & finally bit the bullet & bought a Konicaminolta 5D, so much for vows.