About Richard Long    
 

My love for photography is nearly 40 years old. Travel, wildlife and nature are my favourite subjects and being fortunate to have travelled fairly extensively a comprehensive portfolio has been built up over the years.

This site shows just a small number of the thousands of photographs I have taken and will be expanded over time as I add new galleries.

In order to both learn and improve my ability I have taken a number of photography exams over the years starting with 'O' level and progressing to various 'City & Guilds' namely; The Art of Colour Photography, The Art of Black & White Photography, Portraiture, Landscape and Close up.

My five C&G passes at Distinction allowed me to become a Licentiate of the Royal Photography Society and to use the letters L.R.P.S after my name. In October 2004 and after nine years of procrastination, I applied for my Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society with a portfolio in the Travel category. I was delighted to be successful and have now gained the right to use the letters A.R.P.S. My portfolio can be viewed in Galleries.

For many years I carried out colour and black and white developing in my own 'wet' darkroom. However I have now made the switch to being totally digital and am exclusively Nikon.

   

Having tried wedding photography at an early age I decided it was not my forte!