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photopca
Location: Burgundy, France
Gender: Male
Born: London
Interests: Photography, Mountain Biking ... lots of stuff
Member: Premier Artist
Joined: February 2009
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www.paulatcliffe.com

My first camera, when I was but a lad, a Zenit B single lens reflex, made in Russia from girders - robust isn't the word, I'm sure you could buy an accessory that converted it into a car jack in fact. Manual everything and exposure by guesstimation (I used to dream of an exposure meter), a month or two later I found a second hand enlarger and promptly converted the bathroom into a darkroom. I was bitten. I avidly read everything I possibly could on the subject of photography and became a fountain of useless knowledge, people shunned me for quoting the refractive indexes of various lenses at them. A few years later a new fangled Olympus OM10, automatic everything became mine, first accessory - an adaptor so I could use it as a manual camera. Old habits die hard I guess. That met an unfortunate demise on a mountain top at 40 below zero, killed by cold, but my newly acquired Olympus OM2n kept right on going. I still have it along with a couple of other Olympus SLRs, they were great for mountaineering; in fact I remember slipping on a glacier and sliding several yards on an OM4 - it lost some paint but still worked fine. I'm pretty sure that would have killed my Nikon DSLRs. Nowadays I've forgotten much of the useless information I learnt in my youth. I could care less about the refractive index of my lens elements, I shun people who quote refractive indexes at me. Life is easier, my pictures are better and now I study photographers rather than technical info. I live and exhibit here in France, frame and print my own work and still use a spot meter and the manual setting on my Nikons way more than I probably should.
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You don't need eyes to see you need vision
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FanArtReview wrote to photopca: Congratulations! Stairway won the contest "Light Photography Contest"
April 14 at 12:10AM
    Sinbackkk: Beautiful Work! Congrats!
    April 14 at 7:44AM
    avmurray: Congratulations ! Well done !
    April 14 at 8:59AM
    donkeyoatey: congratulations, a lovely piece!
    April 14 at 10:00AM
    helena6052: Congratulations, well deserved!
    April 14 at 1:39PM
    yourbren: I loved your winning image. Congratulations on winning the contest. Your work is always outstanding. Bren
    April 14 at 2:41PM
    fila4: Congratulations!
    April 14 at 5:41PM
    Sange: Congrats Paul! Outstanding work! You know I loved this shot! WELL DONE!
    April 14 at 7:47PM
    helvi2: Fantastic Shot! Congratulations!
    April 15 at 12:16AM
    Rickyrick: Congratulations on your photo, coincidentally I have a painting of the same bridge in my portfolio, you might like to compare :-)
    May 22 at 1:28PM
FanArtReview wrote to photopca: Congratulations! Summer won the contest "Flowers Photography Contest"
October 11 at 12:10AM
    ozzyart: CONGRATULATIONS on your win, a lovely photo, very deserved!
    October 11 at 12:59AM
    donkeyoatey: Congratulations on a well deserved win!
    October 11 at 8:50AM
    EvaB: Beautiful shot, a well earned win indeed!
    October 11 at 2:14PM
    Happy Snappy: Lovely shot! Well done.
    October 11 at 3:22PM
    avmurray: Congratulations ! A lovely photo indeed.
    October 11 at 4:26PM
FanArtReview wrote to photopca: Congratulations! The November winner of the Recognized Artist reward.
November 11 at 11:58AM
    donkeyoatey: Yeah! Well deserved!
    November 11 at 10:36AM
    yourbren: Beautiful body of work. Congratulations on winning The recognized Artist Award. Bren
    November 11 at 1:06PM
    hekartstudio: Congrats on your well deserved artistic expressions-HEK
    November 11 at 1:06PM
    darjenka: You do nice work
    November 11 at 2:01PM
    G.P.Photography: Congratulations on your well deserved win!
    November 11 at 3:27PM
    avmurray: Congratulations. Well deserved.
    November 11 at 4:23PM
    Echo7: About bloody time. Paul your work is in a different class. Extremely inspiring. I'm sure everyone here would agree. Well deserved award my friend.
    November 11 at 4:57PM
    AlanC: Congras! friend, you works are just simply marvelous, I loved it!
    November 12 at 10:34AM
    Angelheart: Congrats to you!
    Angelheart :)
    November 12 at 5:17PM
    Anne: Congratulations. This is an honor that is well deserved. You post some awesome pictures.
    November 13 at 12:45AM
    fila4: Congratulations on a well deserved award. Not only is your photography fabulous but you have a great sense of humor as well.
    November 13 at 10:14AM
    Zilyram: Wow your work is incredible congratulations on a well deserved win.
    November 13 at 4:47PM
    pictures: Congratulations, job well done!
    November 14 at 3:16PM
    Montana Shooter: Congratulations on your award and also for your second place for photo of the month which I find incredibly beautiful!!
    November 15 at 7:57PM
    ducilla: This is a well deserved award !! Great to see the recognition ..
    November 16 at 7:15PM
    MariaB: Great job and well deserved! Congrats!
    November 17 at 8:29AM
 
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#28 Ranked Mixed Media Photographer
Traditional Photos 130
Mixed Media Photography 28
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

November 2011
Ashness Bridge finished second in the contest "Man Touched Landscape Photo Contest"
May 22 at 12:10AM
Ashness Bridge reached "All Time Best" status.
May 9 at 11:25AM
Flowers and Petals reached "Recognized" status.
May 9 at 10:08AM
Ashness Bridge reached "Recognized" status.
May 8 at 2:08AM
Stairway reached "Recognized" status.
April 15 at 2:08AM
Stairway won the contest "Light Photography Contest"
April 14 at 12:10AM
Snowdrops finished first in the member created contest "Snowdrops"
April 5 at 12:10AM
Waiting reached "Recognized" status.
March 12 at 2:08AM

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