Brian Davis, MPSA

I started taking pictures with a Selfix when I was at school and afterwards when I was cycling and I have recently found some of the pictures that I printed then they were 16 on 120 contract prints of cycling holidays and they all had crinkly edges.

I joined Basingstoke Camera Club when I lived down there in the early 1960s and I then moved to Chesterfield and whilst I visited the photographic society I did not join, the kids arrived and that slowed down photography other than family stuff.

I joined the Society in the early 1980s and soon after joined the committee in 1983 and I have been on it ever since, having served as President twice for a total of 5 years. I have also held most posts within the Society.

I went onto the N&EMPF executive (which is the regional federation of the PAGB) in the late 80s and served as alliance competition secretary for 17 years. I have also been President and I am now still the Treasurer.

I started entering stereographic international exhibitions in the early 1990s and having joined the PSA I am PSA3* Shirley, my wife, have been sending off to small print and digital exhibitions and we have had quite good success, both holding 5 stars.

I started off after the Selfix camera with various ones and my first SLR was a Practika and then to Yashica brand finishing off with them with the Contax range one of which my son Glynn is still using when he is using film. I then changed to Nikon and have had Nikon cameras ever since currently using a D850. I do all of my stereo using this camera on the double image technique which I then combine with SPM. All my stereo is self taught so that all help is very acceptable