Photographers

Serving Your Community

We are a group of volunteer freelance photographers.

Bryan

Bryan Johnson story: “ A spinal injury many years ago left me tetraplegic but walking with the aid of a stick, a few years ago my walking deteriorated and now I require the use of a wheelchair, at that time I was still trying to find a purpose in life, something that would get me out of bed and out of the house. Becoming reliant on my wheelchair led to me having my first spinal injury rehabilitation at Stanmore Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. The rehab not only helps with gaining independence but uses sport as a confidence booster. From my stay at Stanmore I was lucky enough to be picked for their sports team to compete in the The Inter Spinal Unit Games. Boosted by this I applied to Cambridge Community Arts for a Digital Photography course. A love was born. After successfully completing the course I volunteered as creative teaching assistant, 4 years later (2022) I've become course tutor.”

Carole

Carole Middleton lives in Cambridge. Originates from Congleton Cheshire.Carole came into photography quite late in life. Carole enjoyed taking family snaps of her two daughters as they grew up on various Analogue film cameras. A course with a local photographer and local further education facility allowed her to further her interest inphotography. Seeing a course for photography with Cambridge Community Arts spurred her to apply for the year long level 2 qualification. Graduating in 2016 then going onto volunteer for CCA as an photography support assistant where she continues to learn and pass on her passion of being behind the camera.

Darren

Darren Fitzpatrick: “I am a keen photographer. Love taking pics of most things. Done lots of photography courses and for my photography I have a few certificates. Won some prizes as well for my photo work including first prize. Im good at taking pics and editing them. Got my own photography set up including all the software,lights,backdrops,reflectors etc. I also like making videos and editing them. I have a passion for music making, I’m a producer myself and got my own recording studio. There are 2 photography clubs which I belong to.”

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Richard

My name is Richard Green born in 1960.I have lived in Cambridge for a good proportion of my life but have also worked and lived in West Yorkshire and North London.My work has been varied from driving frozen food around East Anglia to performing as a fire eater and blower at a theme park in Scarborough, West Yorkshire. From setting up community circus in Cambridge to designing the grounds of a Primary School in North West London, I have recently expanded my love of photography (I still have photo-graphs that I took when I was eight) by taking a Level two photography course and becoming a member of the Cambridge Community Arts pho-tographic group which, I am hoping will lead to more artistic adventures in the future.

Carol

In a loving memory of Carol Reed who lived in Cambridge but was originally from Yorkshire. She was always interested in photography. Carol loved taking photos of colorful flowers and and she used to edit her photos to make the colours really bright and vibrant. R.I.P beloved Carol

Sammie

Sammie Payne started her photography journey the same way as many others her age, on her smart phone. She would always be pulling her phone out to get snaps of anything she though was interesting or aesthetically pleasing and before long reached the limitations of what phone cameras where capable of. At this point she decided to take the leap into DSLR photography an purchased a Canon 750D. Over the next 3 years Sammie started to develop a passion for nature and wildlife photography and started to tailor her kit as such and spent most of her free time exploring the various nature and wildlife reserves around South Cambridgeshire. It was at this time Sammie was offered the exciting opportunity to study photography at the Cambridge Centre for Community Arts. This greatly aided Sammie's development as a photographer forcing her to step out of her comfort zone at the same time as giving her a greater understanding of the aspects of the art and giving her the opportunity to learn about and study other photographers. Upon finishing the course Sammie continued to focus on wildlife photography and is currently using a Canon 90D as her primary camera.

Iain

Iain Collins was born in Lower Saxony in 1964, the son of a serving Sapper. Inspired by music and design from an early age, he was an accomplished photographer at 14, developing and printing his own work. He has worked in varied fields including mechanical and electronic engineering, from hotel porter, rock band frontman, musical director and cigar box poet. He has struggled with health issues Including a minor stroke, heart failure and learning difficulties throughout his life and found a new impetus in his work with the help of Cambridge Community Arts. most of his work over the last two years has been shot in 35mm format, using a range of cam-eras including Olympus OM-2 and OM-40, Yashica Minister iii, Autofo-cus and 35GS he also uses Canon ixus60 and a Fuji bridge camera for digital work. Although his focus at the moment is mainly in music, he continues to shoot on film and has also done some modelling and acting work.

Ivana

Ivana is a photographer born in Slovakia (1982) , from 2003 lived in London, currently based in Hertfordshire. Ivana successfully completed the photographic course at Cambridge Community Arts in 2015, and recently another Digital Editing Course. Earlier in life, as a web designer, Ivana also studied Adobe Photoshop. Her photographic interest varies, from shooting local music bands, to architectural photography, art, nature... The most recent projects include portrait photography, specialising in pet portraits.. and the blooming world of flowers.. "Despite of the sadness in this world, my photography captures also the cuteness and the beauty of life".

Lil

Elisabeth Anne Middleton (Lil) has passed a lavel 2 in art, painting and drawing with Cambridge Community Arts. She is now doing a level 2 in photography also with CCA. This is the first time she was given the opportunity to take a level 2 in any subject within further education. Gaining this diploma has meant a lot to her.Lil is enjoying going out and taking photographs and learning new things about her camera each day.

Annette

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Karen

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Nicola

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Andrew

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Paulette

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