My first Magazine | Page 13

My migration to digital began in ’96 with the tethered Polaroid PDC-2000 but the real game changer was the Canon EOS 300d in 2003. That was when I decided to find a niche in the photography market that did not need the overheads of a big studio.

For the last couple of years, I’ve worked out of a hobbitish wood and thatch studio office built into the trees at the bottom of my garden. It’s the antithesis of over 99% of the properties I photograph and takes about 15 seconds to commute to work.

Been married to Theo, my partner and best friend for over thirty years. She’s an artist and yogi. Her studio is adjacent to mine, and we share our garden with Joyce the mother in law and a raucous gang of wild birds who are an integral part of the feng shui. Apparently, they also enjoy Theo’s Greek cuisine.

The positive times go hand in hand with the negative. You can have it and then lose it overnight. Been there and ultimately discovered how to balance confidence and humility with integrity, honesty and respect for whoever or whatever my subject might be.

So where to now? Around 60 many people fear or dream of retirement but fortunately I have never been busier. I specialize in all aspects of the architectural genre and relish my day to day commissions. I’m involved in many long-term projects including supplying photography for four books and working on a personal one.

I often suggest we take the time to go back 192 years or so to discover our origins. We will find what is called the first photograph “View from the Window at Le Grass” still exists. It was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce around 1826 using a process he invented called heliography.

To fully understand just how far our art has progressed since then, we must understand where we came from. The basic principles we use today in this ever changing digital era are still the same as Niépce’s and his discovery continues to open eyes to our world and allows us to create and share our work, now instantaneously.

Some may call us artists, others artisans, however like so many of my colleagues, I’m proud to call myself a photographer and live and love what I do.

Thank You.

Barry Goldman photographer