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Photographs by Michael Norfolk

Although I had a passing interest in photography some years ago, it is only since creating the Knottingley and Ferrybridge Online web site that I have taken the act of capturing photographic images more seriously. It is all too easy to disregard the importance of creating a photographic record of our surroundings, the appearance of which seems to change on a regular basis. Back in my early days, I used a 35mm Olympus OM1 single lens reflex camera which required both the focus and exposure to be set or adjusted manually. I then obtained a Kodak DC3400 digital camera which gave results of sufficiently high quality for web based display and also allowed me to process the images and have them online in a very short period of time. I now find myself constantly on the look out for scenes to photograph and never venture far without a camera for fear of missing that special shot.

My latest acquisition is a Minolta Dimage 7i digital camera which offers the operational flexibilty of an SLR with the ease and convenience of digital imaging. It gives results very close to those obtained from traditional film media although not quite able to reproduce the variations in exposure within a scene that traditional film media is capable of.

All images on these pages are the copyright of Michael Norfolk and must not be copied or reproduced without permission.