PHOTOGRAPHY HOLIDAYS ON PAXOS

CHRIS GILBERT

“The digital revolution has made photography accessible to everyone. Introducing aspiring photographers to the subtleties of more advanced photographic technique and through it enabling individual artistic expression is a hugely enjoyable experience.”

Chris Gilbert’s photography is often compared to painting, which is not surprising, as he was inspired by the world around him from a very early age and starting painting landscapes when he was just 12. He bought his first SLR camera in 1981 and recognised immediately that the camera was far better suited than a paintbrush to the way that he wanted to depict the landscape.

Chris continued with both painting and photography until 2004 when digital cameras started to achieve a degree of image quality that made them compete favourably with film. Having a professional background in IT, meant that Chris was immediately at home in the digital imaging world, and in 2006 he decided to focus his time and energies on the one thing that had inspired him since his childhood, the landscape. He spent the next two years further developing and refining his photography skills, and developing his own theories on photography and art.

Chris has now been exhibiting and selling his images, and teaching landscape photography for a number of years, and in 2009 he was short-listed for the Take-A-View Landscape Photographer of the Year. His main passion is to teach others to do the same and he is delighted to be running a course on Paxos in Summer 2011.

Chris lives and works in Derbyshire, in the middle of the Peak District National Park, with his wife Jane. He is a keen walker and still loves to paint whenever he has the opportunity.

You can see examples of Chris’s pictures and read about the other photographic services he offers by visiting his website at www.ravenseyegallery.co.uk.