About Me

- I was born on the Isle of Wight and acquired a love of all things old at an early age. When voluntary early retirement became a possibility it gave me a chance to reflect on what I really wanted out of life.
More time perhaps to spend on my love of photography, railways and our narrowboat.

- The roots of my work lie in my love of railways and industrial archaeology. In my work I attempt to make apparently ordinary objects, artefacts and fragments less ordinary, offering the viewer the chance to look anew at the familiar...

- I must thank my partner Sue, who having studied fine art at degree level, has taught me to have a greater appreciation of the more artistic side of photography... do visit her site at:

- In the past I have used my trusty Nikon EM SLR with 35mm slide and print formats using normally Fuji film with either a 28mm wide angle, 50mm standard or a 75-210mm zoom lense.

- I am currently using a Nikon D80 Digital Camera with an 18 – 105mm lens or a Nikon D7000 with a Tamron 70 - 300 lens.
Whilst I do use Adobe Photoshop it is only to crop or clone out minor highlights as I prefer to try and capture my final image within the camera.

I love to use natural daylight in the early or later parts of the day and very rarely use flash.

www.suehartga-artworks.com