Bradley Old
Profile
Hello,
I grew up in both the everchanging & eclectic world of The British Museum in the middle of London in the 70’s & then from aged 7 near Maidstone in the midst of the Kentish Countryside before returing to London again in the 90’s. Two intense & very different influences giving me a love for both the city scapes & the bright lights coupled with the peacefulness & serenity of the countryside & coast & the deep black pitchness of the sky at night.
After school I attended Mid Kent College in Maidstone when I took Photography & Media before going to work in a variety of local & national newspapers for the next 20 years.
A couple of years ago with the increased quality of Digial Cameras & some excellent processing software photography called me back to a more dedicated level.
Opportunities unfolded for me to be able to follow my more creative side after so many years spent working with logic with a kick start from St Martin’s college, London.
I use Nikon cameras & lenses as I find them so easy to use. I mainly shoot using the Nikon DX AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm with VR & the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70 – 300mm again with VR invaluable in getting clear images, especially in low light photography a passion of mine requiring longer exposure times.
For me getting that shot your vision see’s is something that can be planned but is so often not, it’s something that drives me on to continue developing & striving towards that shot that satisfies enough to just enjoy it for itself, it’s a great feeling when it happens.
Many times I’ve never got the shot I wanted & many times the shot I didn’t even think of and fell in love with I discovered during processing. I hope you enjoy my mixure of both.
More of my work can be viewed here
Challenge Wins
Beyond was challenge winnder in the group Angels and Spirit Guides
Blue Reflection was a challenge winner in the group London Architecture
The Attic was a challenge winner in the That’s Entertainment Group Scary Challenge
Cool Glass Blue was a challenge winner in the Just Lines Blue on Blue challenge April 2009
Neon Spin was a challenge winnner in the Art House Production International group
Mirror of Monte Carlo was a challenge winner in the Public Art group.
Pink Fountain was a challenge winner in the Fountains group
Redbubble Featured Work
Aylesford at Night featured in the group The Male Photographer
Sunset Over Honolulu featured in the groups Mornings & Evenings, Too Bright and Made by Nature also Featured in the group Going Coastal
Dragons tail Featured in the group Live, Love, Dream
Sunlovin featured in the group Backyard Macros and Closeups
Cromed Featured in the group Shopfronts
Red Streak Featured in the group Selective Colouring
Screaming Driftwood Featured in the group Flotsom and Jetsam”
Lilies Series * Featured in the group That’s Entertainment
Sheep Valley Featured in the group Happy Haven Photography
Sunbasking 3 featured in the group Live, Love, Dream
Lilies Series 8 was featured in the group Art Nouveau group
Bubble Disk 1 featured in the group Light Up My Life
Fort View was featured in the group At The Edge
Palm Panorama was featured in the group Trees
Fox Family Featured in the group Made by Nature
Neon Tunnel Featured in the group European Everyday Life
Wow Featured in the group Everyday European Life and Cityscapes & Skylines
Dark City Featured in the groups All Things Black, Peach, Love & Tranquility, Cityscapes & Skylines and That’s Entertainment
Blue Ripple Feed featured in the group Sea
Perfect featured in the group At The Edge
Neon Spin featured in the group All things Black
also featured in the group Gay Men
Blue Reflection featured in the group London Architecture
Playful featured int he group You big Softy
A Walk By The Thames featured in the group A Garden Somewhere, Live, Love, Dream and That’s Entertainment
Rainbow Spin featured in the group European Everyday Life and That One Great Shot
Spin featured in the group Speed
Two Old Birds featured in the group All the colours of the rainbow
Green Web featured in the group Everyday European Life
The Attic featured in the group Thats Entertainment
Millionaire Beach featured in the group Islands of the World, also Featured in the group Going Coastal
Purple Bed featured in the group This is England
Breeze featured in the group Live, Love, Dream
Cool Glass Blue featured in the group Just Lines
Elegance featured in the group Giraffes the Long and Tall of It!
Gothic Light featured in the group Light Up My Life
Half a Sixpence featured in Kent Garden of England
6.30 Featured in the group Mornings and Evenings Sunbeams and Storms
Harmony featured in the group Buddah
Prunus Cerasifera was featured in the group Blooming Trees
Two Worlds was featured in the group Light up My Life
Casino Waters featured in the group Your Accepted
Blue Bubble featured in the group The Compact Group also featured in the group Art of Glass
Angels featured in the group Kent – The Garden Of England and Chrisitan Churches, Statues and Crosses
Salmon St Tropez * featured in the group *Going Coastal and in the group Post Card Style
What! * featured in the group *Out of the Blue
Orange featured in the group Snow! Glorious Snow!!
also featured in the group Light up My Life
Blackheath Church featured in the group All About The Light and Chrisitan Churches, Staues and Crosses
Southwark Street featured in the group European Everyday Life also featured in the groups Light up My Life and Selective Colouring
Millionaire Beach featured in the group Going Coastal *
Mirror of Monte Carlo* featured in the group s Postcard Style, A Garden Somewhere, Capital Cities of the World and Cityscapes & Skylines
Groups
Bradley Old is a member of ! ♦♣♠♥Ȃll Things Black ♥♠♣♦ !, *Paranormal The Norm* (*MUST* have description & *ONLY 2* per day, All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Yellow Gallery, ! $$☻Get Art Promoted☺$$ !, ! 100% !, " ' Too Bright ' ", " You Big SOFTY", "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Real" Life Photography (2 per day), "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, *A Beautiful Blur, *Islands of The World* - 3/day limit, *Town Giants*, 1 In The Beginning - Ancient Practices, 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, 2 Wheels, A Garden somewhere....., A Place To Call Home, A Vision Of Flight Photography (AS IS ONLY) 2 per 24 hour period, Abandoned Dark Creepy, Abstracts from Nature, Accentuate The Eyes, Agent Provocateur - T-Shirts with Messages, Airlines of the world , All About Boating, All About Flowers, All About Water, All About Your Best Work, All Castles Around The World, All That is Nature (Photography Only), All the Colors of the Rainbow, All the Fun of the Fair, All Things Doctor Who, Alt, Angels & Spirit Guides (2 per day only - Submissions must relate only to group title), Animal Kingdom, Antlers, Racks, and Other Horned Animals, Anything and Everything FUN, Anything Theatrical, Architectural Photography, Art Nouveau and the Arts & Crafts Movement, Art of Glass (photography only, 3/day), Artistic Motion Blur, At the edge, Australian Native Plants-2 per day, Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day), Backyard Photography (NO MACROS, DOGS, CATS, INSECTS, SKYSCAPES), BARNS & Old Grist Mills and Covered Bridges from around the World!, Beach Art, BEAUTIFUL BELGIUM (Belgie, Belgique), Beautiful Garbage, Benches, Bird's Eye View, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Bits and Pieces , Black and White Photography, Black with a hint of colour, Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Boredom Competitions on the 24/7, Bridges, Bubblers' Weekly Challenge, Buddha, Bug Hunt! (with Location please), Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Capital cities of the World , Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Cats and Dogs (1 artwork per day), Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses, Cityscapes and City Skylines ~ ALL THINGS "CITY" , Color Me a Rainbow (Current Color: BLACK [No FLowers]), Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Communities (NO SUNSETS OR SUNRISES OR CLOSEUPS OF PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS!!), Construction and Demolished, COUNTRY GARDENS! Come and grow with us! *NO SINGLE FLOWER SHOTS*, Deer Me!!!, Designers United, Domestic and Pedigree Cats, Dutch Touch, Eerie Lighting, European Everyday Life (add the place!), Everything Winter, Eye Contact (Animals Only), Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, Fantasy Fine Art Composites, Fireworks, First Things, Flotsam & Jetsam, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Fountains, Wrought Iron & Gates etc., Freedom In Words & Art, French Architecture , Full Frontal Facades, Gay Men, Get Well Soon Cards- Cohost needed, Giraffes- the long and tall of it!, Globes, Spheres and Curves - 2 per day, Glorious Lilies, Going Coastal (2 art per day), Gorgeous Flower Cards, Green!, Harbour Life, Have Your Say on TShirts, Hawai'i ~ Aloha Na'au, HDR Photography (3 Photos per 24hr-day), High Quality Animal Images - 1 Submission a Week, Historic Churches, Hombres Fatal, I Love Birds, Iberia , Icy Cold, If it doesn't belong, Images & Ideas, In Another World .., In the Pink 50% pink, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Jolly Olde Saint Nicholas, Just Brown, Just Lines, Kent - The Garden Of England, Ladybugs, Lakes and Inland Waterways *one* per day, focal point - the water!, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light In The Darkness, Light Trails, Light up My Life (all about lamps), Live, Love, Dream: , London Architecture, Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {Nature images only!}, Men Appreciation, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), Mornington Peninsula & Port Phillip Bay, Nature's Wonders, Nautical, Night Photography, Nikon DSLR Users Group - 2 uploads per 24 hours, Nirvana (Only 1 photographic art and 1 written work will be accepted per day ), Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Painting with Light - not sun/moonlight!, Parallel Dimensions, Parrots and Cockatoos of the world, Paws n Claws <3 per day><Domestic cats & dogs only>, PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY, People and Portraiture Photography, Perspectives, Pets Are Us ~ 2 per day, Photo-Zen, Photography 101, Photography Challenge Group, Photography Fun, Playful Photogenic Animals, Pop Art, PostCard Style (Describe your image please) Limit 2 per day), Primate Art, Public Art, Purple Passion Gallery. 2 per day , Pylon Photos and Art, Reflectivity, Religious Art & Photography, Retro Tees., Rivers and Streams, Rural Around The Globe, Sci Fi , SEA, Seachanges, Selective Coloring, Shades of Grey, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Shifting Sands, Shoot The Moon, SHOPFRONTS , Shots in the Fog, Simply White Artwork Gallery - 95% White !, Skyscapes, Snow! Glorious Snow!! 2 a day, South East UK, Speed, Sports For All from Our Gym, Spring Blooms - 2 per day, Squirrels & Chipmunks, Statues and Such, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Strictly Human Faces , Surfing, Tabby Time ~ 3 per day, Tarot: Map Of Consciousness, That One Great Shot, That's Entertainment! (Fun & Recreation Photos), The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Beauty of the European Waters, The Beginner's Corner (profile page must contain photography experience), The Birds, The Compact Group *ONE* per day with *camera details please*, The Greatest View in the World, The Male Photographer, The Scavenger Hunt, The Urban Environment, The World, This is England, Timelapse/Long Exposure Photography, Trams and Buses, Transport, Treasured UK Structures (TUKS), Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Tuesday Afternoon, Unique Buildings Of The World, United Kingdom, United States, Urban Wildlife, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Vintage and Gorgeous, WATER SPORTS, Waves, Weekly Theme Challenges, Windows and Doors, Wolves & Wild Kin, You're Accepted, Your Country's Best (2 images per day), à EUROPA! and ☮Peace☮.
