I’ve been conducting an experiment this last week of attaching analogue lenses to my digital camera though I have to say the weather has stopped a lot of the experimenting, so the research is still on going.
Instead of discarding analogue lenses my boyfriend and I have been using them with our digital cameras to see how well they work. I still have my analogue Canon lenses with my old SLR in a camera bag and I just can’t bring myself to throw them away when they work perfectly plus, it’s part of my history.
So we bought convertors and are busy attaching sigma lenses to the Panasonic Lumix cameras. The lens I have been trying out is an 80-200mm. Firstly after working with just a 14-42mm lens for a year it’s like starting photography all over again. I’m like a child in a sweet shop just pulling the zoom in and out and seeing the horizon suddenly come upon me; I always did use my canon 300 lens as much for being nosy as actually taking close ups! Read More→
Living in the beautiful rural county of Yorkshire it was perhaps natural for Ruth to have an affinity with the countryside and its wildlife. Creativity is Ruth’s driving force finding an outlet in television & radio she worked for many years as producer for BBC & ITV.
However a love of photography and for being surrounded by nature called her to go back to her photography training and bring pleasure and joy to people through her connection with our planet.
Staying in the moment when taking her images allows her to experience the natural magnificence unfolding before her eyes. It is this moment of mediation, of gratitude, that she evocatively conveys through her images.