Derek Barrett - Photographer from Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, UK
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Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, UK
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After being made redundant from my career in electronics and systems analysis I took the brave step of starting taking my photography skills, learned after having been a keen enthusiast since my school days, to a new level by shooting weddings & portraits.
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My confidence was rewarded by undertaking advanced creative courses and gained professional qualifications in wedding photography. It was a great time and I loved being involved in a couple’s dream wedding and creating an indelible record of it.
Unfortunately, my health deteriorated and the wedding business had become a rat race of being undercut by those with no training or understanding of the business. Everyone is going for the shoot & burn model of paying peanuts and getting a CD full of very mediocre images. I then took the decision to call it a day and reverted to being an amateur photographer again.
I now let my creativity free by using the skills I have by taking personal photos of beautiful ladies and also doing some occasional training in letting keen photographers learn some of the lifetime of experience to improving their own photographs.
Nowadays, I mostly shoot TF with local models and the occasional paid shoot with a model at a local studio or location. -
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- Alternative
- Beauty
- Commercial
- Fine Art
- Lingerie
- Pin-Up
- Portrait
- Pregnancy
About
After being made redundant from my career in electronics and systems analysis I took the brave step of starting taking my photography skills, learned after having been a keen enthusiast since my school days, to a new level by shooting weddings & portraits.
My confidence was rewarded by undertaking advanced creative courses and gained professional qualifications in wedding photography. It was a great time and I loved being involved in a couple’s dream wedding and creating an indelible record of it.
Unfortunately, my health deteriorated and the wedding business had become a rat race of being undercut by those with no training or understanding of the business. Everyone is going for the shoot & burn model of paying peanuts and getting a CD full of very mediocre images. I then took the decision to call it a day and reverted to being an amateur photographer again.
I now let my creativity free by using the skills I have by taking personal photos of beautiful ladies and also doing some occasional training in letting keen photographers learn some of the lifetime of experience to improving their own photographs.
Nowadays, I mostly shoot TF with local models and the occasional paid shoot with a model at a local studio or location.Read more...Show less...
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