I have always been interested in photography and have owned a 35mm camera since I left school to join the RAF . The local photographer in Chesham was named Shelton and he had a small shop opposite the Red Lion public house . This was very near the bus stop where I used to wait for the bus to my primary school , and so looking in the shop window so frequently probably influenced me more than I realised . At one point Mr Shelton encouraged me to purchase a second-hand SLR manufactured by EXACTA .......once I had used such a useful and versatile camera I was smitten for good . I currently own several PENTAX 35mm SLR cameras and lenses with which I have taken most of my photos. The photos of Yosemite however and some of the others where named , were taken with a Fuji GSW690 . This camera I had borrowed from Nigel Harper the famous wedding photographer who is a friend . It takes eight photos on a roll of 120 film and each negative is 6cm by 9cm , giving exceptional quality . I have always had an interest in panoramas too and had considered buying a specialist camera for this purpose more than once , however now that computers can manipulate images so readily I have found this a suitable alternative . The panoramas here were produced with a Pentax camera and Adobe Photoshop Elements ............