Dave Symonds

In 1985 I purchased a Ricoh XR10, the bug then bit. My main interest was creative colour slide montages, monochrome prints and hand coloured mono prints. In 1991 I gained two ARPS distinctions, 1) Colour Transparencies and 2) Colour Prints. In 1992 came a Fellowship of the Royal with a panel of Hand Coloured Monochrome prints. AFIAP and EFIAP distinctions were completed in 1991 and 1993 respectively.

I became interested in Bromoil printing in 1999, subsequently joining The Bromoil Circle of Great Britain.

From 2004 onwards I changed from "wet" darkroom and film cameras to digital. My only current "wet" darkroom activity, is the production of Bromoil Prints, but generated from digital inter-negatives.

Now living in Scotland, my other passion is Hill Walking (off the main tracks), although these days it's one day walking, the next spent in pain!

Here I would like to acknowledge Frank Young, (sadly no longer with us) whose knowledge, encouragement and love of photography was priceless.

Equipment: Canon Cameras & Lenses. Printer: Epson

Monochrome
Riders in the Dust #1 (Bromoil Print) Riders in the Dust #2 (Bromoil Print) Riders in the Dust #3 (Bromoil Print) Loch Doon Lonely Tree Mynd Mawr Blind Man Beggar Woman Rickshaw Man Dalane Cottage Impressions of Flight Fort Latte
Colour
On the Footplate #1 On the Footplate #2 On the Footplate #3 Dow Loch Mountains in the Mist Loch Trool Driftwood Portpatrick Storm Wreck of the Chile Rainy Day in Beijing Wuxi Street Cobbler Buddah Woman
Creative
Hoi Polloi #2 Hoi Polloi #1 Hoi Polloi #3 The Damned All Fished Out Zymosis Moonshot Red Bridge and Rape The Knackers Yard Ghost Town Dream Flowers Remember the Princess