JEFF SMITH - FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER

Instagram: instagram/jeffsmithphotographer

Location: Nottingham, East Midlands, UK

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Clients: The Mail On Sunday/ You magazine, Hedgerow Publishing, The Original Poster Company, Trail magazine. Various limited edition prints sold to a wide ranging client base. Images also published in Amateur Photographer magazine.

Experience: Photographer since 1985.

First Camera: Zenit TTL

Gear: Fujifilm X-H1, Fujifilm XF 18-55mm, Samyang 12mm f/2 NCS CS, Nikon F100. 50mm, 28-80mm, 70-300mm Nikkor lenses. Manfrotto & Vanguard Tripods. Fujichrome Velvia 50, Provia 100 & Sensia II, Kodak Elitechrome 100 film.

Favourite Subjects: Landscape, Still Life, Abstract, Urban Landscape

Favourite UK Locations: The Peak District, mainly the Dark Peak including the Kinder Uplands above Edale in Derbyshire. The Lake District, Cumbria. North Wales, the Highlands of Scotland & more locally the Nottinghamshire areas associated with D. H. Lawrence country.

Inspiration: Joe Cornish, Colin Prior, Ansel Adams and the natural environment that surrounds us. “I’m always searching for that perfect image. I originate from 35mm film so I try to capture the true imagine in camera.” Jeffrey R Smith