GAZETTE Camera Club member David Waterman is 49, lives in Colchester and is the operations director at Fleetshield. Happily married to wife Michelle, the couple have three children, Kester, Anya and Arlo.
Why did you take up photography?
I took up photography when I had the chance to go on safari in Kenya when I was 19. This stemmed from my love of nature as a child.
Why do you love taking pictures?
It’s about a simple love of nature, hoping to capture the single moment in life that paints a thousand words with every image.
David with his three children, taken on one of their lockdown bike rides
Where is your favourite place locally to take pictures? How about further afield?
Mersea Island, without a shadow of doubt, is my perfect place for photography. No two days are the same and the sunrise and sunsets are just magical. Scotland is also one of my favourite places, but it’s just a bit too far to go at the moment.
What equipment do you use?
In my teens, my camera of choice was the Konica Minolta. Nowadays, I use the Sony a99II and a77II with many lenses to cover most styles of my photography.
David’s nighttime picture of the beach huts at Mersea Island
What is your favourite picture you’ve ever taken?
It’s got to be the Mersea Island beach huts under the stars on a very cold January night. It invokes so many lovely memories.
Why did you join our Camera Club?
It’s a wonderful club to be a part of and a great place to showcase my love of nature and photography with like-minded people.
Cudmore Grove, on Mersea Island
If you could photograph anyone or any place in the world, who/what would it be?
One place would to be on the international space station and photograph earth from space. That would be so cool.
Anything else you think we should know about you?
I would love to be a part of Sir David Attenborough’s production team (I can only dream!) and have the chance to photograph wonderful out-of-reach wildlife.
What advice would you give anyone who wants to get into photography?
Always make sure your subject is pin sharp and focus on the eye, while keeping the horizon in your photos dead level.
Cygnets on the River Colne at Cymbeline Meadows
David took this picture from his back garden on a summer's evening in lockdown
Poppies in the late summer sun at a local field, now due for housing
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