I am a member of my local camera club, and this year as Vice Chairman, I was asked to write a personal profile: it turned out to be a much harder task than i thought i would be. But here it is, in all its glory, bloggers you get the honour of its first public airing.....
As you are about to
read, I pack a lot of things into my little life but I wanted you all to know
that as your Vice Chairman this year I am 100% committed to the Camera Club and
am excited about helping support Jim in making the 2011/12 season at BSCC a
great one.
So a little bit about
me:
I was lucky enough to
live and study in the most perfect place in the world; Falmouth, Cornwall. I had an amazing three years living by
the sea, I met my now husband and completed a BA (Hons) in Broadcasting. Falmouth is an art college and so I
lived with ceramacists, fine artists and Photographers. This is where my interest in
photography first began. I bought
my first film SLR and I was off! My camera went everywhere with me.
On leaving university
I travelled across Canada and returned with not only a new found love of
exploring but many many photographs.
However with no outlet for my photography it fell by the way side for a
number of years.
In the meantime I
cracked on with carving out a career for myself in television. I worked mainly in Sport, I worked on
Sky Sports, Match of the Day and filmed many football, cricket and rugby
matches. I then moved into studio
work, working my way up to becoming a Vision Mixer/Director. I worked hard, long hours, sometimes 18
hour days. My health suffered and
I was very overweight.
I was only 27. I decided I needed to make a few
changes, I joined Slimming World, lost 6 stone, enrolled on an evening course
in photography and gave up my full time job in television!
It was the best
decision I ever made.
So what do I do now?
Well as most of you know I now run my own slimming world classes, helping
others to lose weight like I did.
Ironically in my spare time I also make and decorate cakes. I love gardening and grow my own
vegetables. I love to read, sew and do anything crafty. We travel whenever we can, when we do
we like to head off the beaten track.
In recent years we have been to Hawaii, Egypt and returned to Canada on
a number of occasions. I still
love the buzz of working in television and do the occasional freelance job when
asked. I am also an aspiring
writer, a member of the Stortford Scribblers and am currently working on my
first Comedy Drama script. However my biggest and best role is as a full time
mum to my lovely Noah.
When I get time I also like to muck about taking a few photographs! My passion is portraiture and street
photography.
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