Mark Allen
Profile
I am a retired web designer and keen amateur photographer. I joined my local camera club in Sept 2006 with a Nikon 1.3MP point and shoot. I then bought a Nikon D80 and after some success, and much enjoyment, I bought myself a D300 and 18-200VR lens in December 2007, and a D700 in Sept 2009.
I am Chairman of my local camera club and I won Photographer of the Year in 2007/08 and again in 2008/09. I maintain a blog that includes recent photos, tips and tricks here
My main interest is travel photography, however, as I progress in my photography I find that I am enjoying monochrome more and more.
Equipment:
DX: Nikon D300,
Nikon 18-200 VR,
Sigma 10-20,
FX: Nikon D700
Nikon 50 f/1.8,
Nikon 80-200 f/2.8,
Nikon 12-24 f/2.8,
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8
Capture NX2.
“The best camera in the world is the one you have with you at the time”.
Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. © All rights reserved. Mark Allen.
Groups
Mark Allen hosts Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland and Shameless Self-Promotion and is a member of Complex Simplicity of Art, ! * Irish Eyes * !, ! 100% !, " ' Too Bright ' ", "Real" Life Artwork (No Photography), *A Beautiful Blur, *Amazing Orton Effect* - Limit 3/day , 0 Nowhere Like Northern Ireland, 4 Winners Only, A Garden somewhere....., Abstract Realism, Abstracts from Nature, After Dark, All About Water, All About Your Best Work, Amateur Photographers' Association, Bridges, Britain's Coastline, Contemporary Architecture, Country Bumpkin, Creative Spirits of Queensland , Dawn and Dusk Light, Dimensions, Ebony and Ivory, Eerie Lighting, European Everyday Life (add the place!), Fine Art of Landscape Photography, First Things, Friends of RedBubble, Globes, Spheres and Curves - 2 per day, HDR Photography (3 Photos per 24hr-day), Images & Ideas, Ireland , Italy and all Things Italian , Just Lines, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light up My Life (all about lamps), Living Christianity, Minimalism, Mobile Phone Capture for a Mobile Life, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), Mysteries of the Common, National Parks of the World, New England, New Zealand Made, Nikon DSLR Users Group - 2 uploads per 24 hours, Object Studies & Concepts, Once In A Blue Moon, Our K9 Friend 1 image a day (Dogs only), Pakenham Camera Club Group, Railway Art and Photography, Reflectivity, Scenery, Shades of Grey, Shadows & Reflections, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Simply White Artwork Gallery - 95% White !, Skyscapes, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Sun Rays..., Sunrise, Sunset, That's Entertainment! (Fun & Recreation Photos), The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Greatest View in the World, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Transport, Treasured UK Structures (TUKS), Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, United Kingdom, Untouchables, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Web Design, Wedding Inspiration Group, Weekly Theme Challenges, Western United States Artists and Photographers, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best, Windows and Doors and à EUROPA!.
Journal Entries
OMG, soon I will be 50!
Posted 2 months ago, 10 comments so far.
New Zealand Landscapes (updated)
Posted 3 months ago, 6 comments so far.
New Zealand Landscapes
Posted 3 months ago.
The Ultimate Tragedy
Posted 4 months ago, 20 comments so far.
Competition: Great British Summer
Posted 5 months ago.
Over 10,000 views!
Posted 5 months ago, 8 comments so far.
Shadow Recovery
Posted 5 months ago, 4 comments so far.
My first sale
Posted 5 months ago, 30 comments so far.
Photography Outing
Posted 5 months ago, 5 comments so far.
Norway Coastal Voyage
Posted 6 months ago, 6 comments so far.
Art
Writing
9/11
On September 11, 2001, there was an attack on America.
Black and White are Colours Too
Sometimes; / I feel blue, and out of sorts
Norway Coastal Voyage
The ship slices though murky darkness, / the sky a vast broad sweep of burnt orange. / Large rocks are set like pieces of blotting paper against the shoreline, / moping up the inky depths below.
