Hi, my name is Sheila Haycox LRPS, retired and thoroughly enjoying this status. I am widowed with three children, and between two of them they have four daughters and one son. My son has moved permanently to Ploubalay, Brittany, France and he has a holiday cottage/gite for let which can be viewed here. My other son and daughter live locally. I live in the West Country in the county of Devon . I also have a Family Site which displays photos of the family.
I have several interests which include gardening, reading, cooking; but my main hobby is photography. My interest in photography started in the late 60's when my husband gave me a camera, mainly for use to take holiday snaps and the family. However in 1986 I took photography up more seriously and joined Exmouth Photo Group. Since then there has been no looking back.
I have now gone completely digital producing both colour and mono images using Canon 40D Digital Camera with a number of different lenses. I then work on my computer using Adobe photographic software and then print with an inkjet printer. I also produce Digital Audio Visual sequences for fun, the family and competitions. I will on occasion do Private Adobe Photoshop Tutorials, these I enjoy and sometimes my enthusiasm runs away with me.
I am Secretary of the Exmouth Photo Group which is based in Exmouth, Devon and this group is affiliated with the Western Counties Photographic Federation. The Group has a membership of around 40 members. This is where I pursue my photographic interests. If you would like to visit their site then click here. I have just recently joined Exeter Camera Club to widen my interest and so far am thoroughly enjoying their programme. To see Exeter's Club site click here.
I enter competitions at the club, have had work accepted with several Photographic Magazines, at a few exhibitions and salons. I judge photographic competitions at other clubs and do presentations of my work in the form of prints and audio visuals.
I like to tackle a range of different photographic subjects including landscapes, sport, abstract and candids. I have visited various parts of this country and travelled abroad as well. Quite a bit of my work is now taken on photographic workshops which are an absolute boon to me. You can see more of my images on my Flickr site.
I have just joined the Royal Photographic Society and gained my LRPS. I would like to get my ARPS but am sure this will take quite a while to obtain as I need to get together 15 images on a theme that go well together.
The other project I am working on is to produce Photographic Books. This I am doing using the Blurb site, so far I have produced four books, my Moroccan and Cuba trips plus a glimpse of Scotland. The other one is a small book called Les Jonquilles, my son's Gite, which includes images of places to visit in the surrounding area. I am very pleased with the books, having used Blurb's Large Square Format and a small soft cover book making sure I used the quality paper. The quality is excellent. Will be doing several of these books which I find is a good way to share your images with other people. Below are links to all my books published so far: