Member's Biographies
07th March 2025
Members' 'Biog's
We are introducing this page in early 2025 to give members who may not go to weekends the chance to say a bit about themselves and their photography. We are widely spread geographically and so this is a chance to lessen those distances.
Each 'biog' will have a little portrait and the member can show us just a few pictures.
If you submit a 'biog' to the web master we can work on it together. If, at a later date, you want to change the photos you've chosen we can do that.
We are starting with Keith Walker's 'Biog'
Keith's Little Biography
Keith Walker is happily married to Amanda, who he has on occasion got to use a Leica when he can get her off the golf course.
I have been into photography since a teenager and up until around 2006 was an avid darkroom guy. I am now totally a lightroom guy and have no interest in reverting back!
Bored with DSLR’s and autofocus zoom lenses, when the full frame M9 came out I decided to use solely M bodies.
Apart from digital M’s, I have kept my M2 and three three LTM bodies
The Colour Walk
A small group from the Leica forum meet fairly regularly in London when we have an excuse to do so. On this occasion a member from Switzerland, who loves using old lenses of many makes on his Leica M’s, was in London . Our local organiser knows the City well, and where to go. The last meeting (February ’25) coincided with a monthly ‘Color Walk’ held in the old, now trendy, Spitalfields Market, so we made our way there after a suitably long coffee house chat.
I had never heard of the “Colour Walk’ but it is basically a gathering of extroverts of all persuasions in their best finery. The event is under cover, and the light is far from the best on a dull February day, but hopefully these snaps give a flavour of the event, taken on M11-P at around 6400 ISO , most using a little Voigtlander APO-Lanther F3.5.
We are introducing this page in early 2025 to give members who may not go to weekends the chance to say a bit about themselves and their photography. We are widely spread geographically and so this is a chance to lessen those distances.
Each 'biog' will have a little portrait and the member can show us just a few pictures.
If you submit a 'biog' to the web master we can work on it together. If, at a later date, you want to change the photos you've chosen we can do that.
We are starting with Keith Walker's 'Biog'
Keith's Little Biography
Keith Walker is happily married to Amanda, who he has on occasion got to use a Leica when he can get her off the golf course.
I have been into photography since a teenager and up until around 2006 was an avid darkroom guy. I am now totally a lightroom guy and have no interest in reverting back!
Bored with DSLR’s and autofocus zoom lenses, when the full frame M9 came out I decided to use solely M bodies.
Apart from digital M’s, I have kept my M2 and three three LTM bodies
The Colour Walk
A small group from the Leica forum meet fairly regularly in London when we have an excuse to do so. On this occasion a member from Switzerland, who loves using old lenses of many makes on his Leica M’s, was in London . Our local organiser knows the City well, and where to go. The last meeting (February ’25) coincided with a monthly ‘Color Walk’ held in the old, now trendy, Spitalfields Market, so we made our way there after a suitably long coffee house chat.
I had never heard of the “Colour Walk’ but it is basically a gathering of extroverts of all persuasions in their best finery. The event is under cover, and the light is far from the best on a dull February day, but hopefully these snaps give a flavour of the event, taken on M11-P at around 6400 ISO , most using a little Voigtlander APO-Lanther F3.5.
Comments
By David Askham: Very colourful characters, Keith, and an ideal event for street photography. The biggest challenge you faced was deconfliction. There's not a lot of room for manoeuvring. By Keith Walker: Thanks David and you are correct, but a friendly bunch who were there to be seen!