I like to travel and used to paint and draw. Maybe my head is still in the 60’s of my youth. My wife and I (and the kids) try to do something about the people of this world that aren’t as lucky as us.
My photography? I have used Nikon for 25 years, and have been all digital since the D1. My best work is eclectic, and depends on the mood. I like to find character and love colour – but I also enjoy the strength in form and composition of black and white.
If I have any kind of “vision”, it is about a “sense of place or personality” – who, what, where, when.

I am a longtime devotee of Photoshop, not to enhance but to extend photography into the world of painting. And I also like to use words to explain and confirm.
All images are copyright mick yates 2009
Mick Yates is a member of ! 100% !, Abstract Art, ABSTRACT DIGITAL ART AND WRITING, Abstract Realism, Acrylic Painting, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Altered by Design, Art 4 Charity, Artistic Motion Blur, Candid Photography ( 1/24 ) , Dawn and Dusk Light, Digital Abstracts & Patterns, Digital Modern Portraiture, Fine Arts, Fractal Art Frenzy, Impressionist Art, Impressionist Photography, Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Nikon DSLR Users Group - 2 uploads per 24 hours, PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, Psychedelic Art & Design *TAG YOUR IMAGE!*, Southeast Asia, Surrealism *MAX 4 PER DAY*, The Human Condition, Travel and Adventure and Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best.
I need anger, life, change, and the chase
Red provides both benediction and comfort. The tourists stare at the carvings of gods, their creatures and their sex.