Derek Doar DPAGB

Well, I have now reached the tender age of 79 and have now been involved in photography for over 63 years, printing both Black & White, Colour and B&W Infra-red images.

All those years ago I enjoyed the buzz of creating a new print in the darkroom and even today that buzz of holding a new print in my hands is still there.

For me, the image capturing process is only finally complete when I hold that print in my hand.

I consider myself first and foremost as a landscape photographer, but I do love the natural world.

I have embraced new techniques over the years such as HDR Photography, Digital Infra-Red Photography, Panoramic Photography, Focus stacking, newer sharpening methods and newer B&W conversion methods. I use my knowledge of these techniques to improve the quality of my prints.

I take pride in my printing and my partnership with Fotospeed, as it their range of great papers allow me to see my images at their best.

My main landscapes images come from my love of The Coast, The Hebrides and of course my local Derbyshire Peak District.

My two favourite Fotospeed papers are Natural Soft textured Bright White 315 and Platinum Art Fibre. These papers allows me to display my images at their best by displaying a wide range of tones and colour.

For my Panoramic images I use the Platinum Etching 285 panoramic paper and you only have to see my panoramic prints to see how this paper brings the images to life.

I normally present my talks as print talks so that my audience can see how passionate I am to produce prints, but due to the current demand for Zoom talks, I now have a few Zoom talks that I can offer.

Visit Derek's Website to see more of his work here