PHOTOGRAPHY CLEVELAND®

Photography Cleveland® is the "Work Horse" of my business and covers most subjects, but mainly WILDLIFE, LANDSCAPES, LIFESTYLE PORTRAITS and SPORTS ie:  covering local events in the North East of England. I also sell my own photographs to card shops and other outlets in the way of: Postcards,Calendars and Limited Edition Prints. I am registered with The Bureau of Freelance Photographers, and I am also Licenced (registered) to photograph young Children in Schools and Nursery.

My Qualifications.

During my 15 years in the Forces "The Light Infantry" taking me to many places of conflict including, 6 active tours of duty in Belfast & Londonderry, Berlin, Kenya, United Nations Cyprus, Canada and Danmark.

Along the way I was trained as a Forces Photographer covering Flash, Forensic, Infra-red, Monochrome and Macro photography, the courses were very intense and took over 3 years. I am also up to speed in the World of Digital,

My HARDWARE

My first camera was a 35mm (1970s)  trusty Pentax SP500 which I still use today. My main outfit is a CANON EOS 5D Mk11 and a second body EOS 7D, lenses, Canon EF70-200mm f/4L USM#. Canon EFS17-85mm IS USM#.Canon EF180mm f3.5 L Macro USM. Sigma 70mm 2.8 Macro. and top of the range Speedlite 580EX11 Flash Units.

For Studio work I use 3 Interfit Stellar 300 flash heads and for my mobile Studio I use 3 Interfit EX150 MKII flash heads which are great for tight spaces around home. Both kits are Wireless.  

Printers are Canon Pixma IP4500 and a Canon Pixma Pro 9000 for large format printing.

Most of my work is shot in Raw format and I use 6GB EXTREME lll Compactflash memory cards. I use Adobe Elements 8 to check the images and Canons Digital PRO software to tweak the finished prints. The pictures on this site are changed on a regular basis so it is worth checking out each month.

Cheers

Mike Brown