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Hello
I'm Bernard Pennington, please call me Bern. I will try to take a photograph of almost anything but particularly, trains, landscapes and trains in landscapes. I also have an unhealthy obsession with sunsets.
I'm currently working to expand our aerial portfolio and need no encouragement in putting a drone up for better angles, and reflections, where it is safe to do so (yes, there are rules!).
My Story
I have been taking pictures of stuff since I was 10 years old. My parents gave me my first camera for my 10th Birthday, in the main to stop my pestering my dad to use his prized Ilford 35mm. Ten-year-old Bern became the proud owner of a Boots Beirette BL 35mm camera for which he could just about afford film and had insufficient funds for developing the prints. As you can see from the image, this was a very basic film camera with a lever for winding on. This lever mechanism eventually broke a few years later.
Despite these limitations I enthusiastically snapped away with little criticality for the next 3-4 years. I did not know how f stops or ISO influenced the picture, and I couldn’t google those things back in 1980 (could not even Ask Jeeves back then!). Needless to say, success was patchy. For me, composition involved a train, any train, in any station; even better - from a bridge. Results were varied and comprised mostly of BR Blue diesel multiple units entering/leaving Prescot and Eccleston Park stations (between Liverpool & Wigan) on dismal grey days. Sadly (or not) none of this early work has survived.
​Fast forward 40 or so years to a world where every phone comes with a high spec digital camera, and I still take a lot of train pictures but now I pay as much attention to scene and composition. Fifty-something Bern is obsessed with changes in light and colour, particularly when composing with water. Obviously, these changes come into play with angle of view, so it was a natural progression for me to go down the drone route. Aerial photography offers many advantages, particularly over water. However, it is not always practical or feasible (or permitted) to put a drone up, so I still spend a lot of time pointing my Canon or my mobile phone at stuff of interest. My range and my end product has improved considerably over the years. The biggest lesson I have learnt over the years is that the most important attribute for a photographer is patience; coffee and a muffin helps.
Contact
I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.
07871 369 846