My name is Mark Jones. Born in the UK in 1960, I have spent most of my life in Australia. I have been taking photos for the last 20 years, and currently produce one calendar a year. More recently I returned to the UK to see where I was born and catch up on some fantastic history. It was more spectacular than I had expected, and as I left there when I was 7 years old, it was more spectacular than I remembered. To see things that were built 1000 to 2000 years ago is just mind boggling. In Australia, we don't have that sort of thing, and until you see it you can not appreciate it. Images taken whilst there are now in my Gallery and also available in my new book "Britain In Ruins". Please enjoy. I regularily enter my work in local and international competitions, which enables me to be critical of the standard of work I produce against what other photographers are producing, this in return ensures that there is always the opportunity for continual improvement. I have been fortunate to have had success in most competitions, with a number of images being accepted for exhibitions. Most recently 6 images being accepted for the Warragul National 2008, followed by 7 images accepted in the Pakenham National 2008. I teach photography part time, and fully enjoy the excitement that comes from seeing people produce wonderful images, where previously they struggled to understand what photography is about. I work in as pure a form as possible with the photographs that I take, with the majority of finished images being as they were seen through the view finder. For me, "photography is the art of capturing an image, a moment in time, that will never repeat itself, never be the same again". I am also very happy experimenting with light, to create many different images without photoshop manipulation, working especially in low light situations and adding my own touch to the subject. I believe that as much as possible, photographers should look closely at the images of others, which is what I do, and in doing so I look for my own way of creating something similar, and if it has been done digitally, then using all that I have learnt, to create it in my own way, by using the basic techniques that apply to photography. Photography is a medium that due to the digital age has become accessable to so many people, of so many diverse backgrounds. With that accessability, and now ease of use, people are less inclined to explore the boundaries and think outside the square, so to speak. I only hope that my work can give others ideas and inspirations to explore as I have, and learn more about this wonderful medium. The equipment I use is a Canon 5D, 400D and 20D (Which has just been converted to produce infra red only images), Sigma Lenses, 300-800 zoom, 12 - 24 Wide angle, 170-500 zoom, 50mm Macro and an 18-55 Canon lens. I carry a Vanguard Tracker 4 heavy duty tripod and a Manfroto Prob Duo tripod. I also have a Lens Baby, as well as a Sigma Ring Flash for macro work. All my gear is carried in Lowe Pro Backpacks. I also use Canon EOS 5, Mamiya 645 and Hasseblad XPan film cameras, although the use of these has reduced dramatically over the last year or so. The majority of my print work is done using a Canon i9950 printer, printing on Ilford Galleria paper. http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Who-am-I/About-Me/Mark/217054525_uyDUG-Ti-1.jpg http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/ 2009-09-22T16:23:23Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Tom-Quilty/9729011_x2TuJ">Tom Quilty 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Tom-Quilty/9729011_x2TuJ" title="Tom Quilty 2009"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Tom-Quilty/IMG1586/656852312_ZbGzT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Tom Quilty 2009" title="Tom Quilty 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-22T16:23:23Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Tom-Quilty/9729011_x2TuJ <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Tonimbuk-Endurance/5726860_itm7i">Tonimbuk Endurance International 2008</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Tonimbuk-Endurance/5726860_itm7i" title="Tonimbuk Endurance International 2008"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Tonimbuk-Endurance/MG4345/353752944_zL8s4-Th-1.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Tonimbuk Endurance International 2008" title="Tonimbuk Endurance International 2008" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-22T15:58:42Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Tonimbuk-Endurance/5726860_itm7i <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Landscapes/3767965_MmvTo">Landscapes</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Landscapes/3767965_MmvTo" title="Landscapes"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Landscapes/Southbank-4/216887754_eb2mn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="54" alt="Landscapes" title="Landscapes" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T03:17:17Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Landscapes/3767965_MmvTo <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Infra-Red-Photography/4402923_rWLUD">Infra Red Photography</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Infra-Red-Photography/4402923_rWLUD" title="Infra Red Photography"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Infra-Red-Photography/Pano-IMG9069-SLIN-Blended/260857080_jSoNu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="31" alt="Infra Red Photography" title="Infra Red Photography" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T03:16:39Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Infra-Red-Photography/4402923_rWLUD <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Sports/3767959_nDLzL">Sports</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Sports/3767959_nDLzL" title="Sports"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Sports/Surfer/216887961_pziP8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Sports" title="Sports" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T03:16:12Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Sports/3767959_nDLzL <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Lightning/3767943_MSbft">Lightning</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Lightning/3767943_MSbft" title="Lightning"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Lightning/lightning1/216886204_fFGWo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="84" alt="Lightning" title="Lightning" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T03:14:52Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Lightning/3767943_MSbft <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Photography/Hints-and-Tips/3769888_8YH2J">Hints and Tips</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Photography/Hints-and-Tips/3769888_8YH2J" title="Hints and Tips"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Photography/Hints-and-Tips/Light-Devil/221337446_QagGD-Th.jpg" width="103" height="150" alt="Hints and Tips" title="Hints and Tips" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-19T16:39:36Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Photography/Hints-and-Tips/3769888_8YH2J <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/United-Kingdom-Colour-Photos/5305135_vVym5">United Kingdom Colour Photos</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/United-Kingdom-Colour-Photos/5305135_vVym5" title="United Kingdom Colour Photos"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/United-Kingdom-Colour-Photos/English-stream/325674124_LAc4U-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="United Kingdom Colour Photos" title="United Kingdom Colour Photos" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-04T16:48:59Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/United-Kingdom-Colour-Photos/5305135_vVym5 <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/United-Kingdom-Infra-Red/5305125_nA28E">United Kingdom Infra Red</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/United-Kingdom-Infra-Red/5305125_nA28E" title="United Kingdom Infra Red"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/United-Kingdom-Infra-Red/Castle-Rising/325673805_JLMTs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="United Kingdom Infra Red" title="United Kingdom Infra Red" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-04T16:47:50Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/United-Kingdom-Infra-Red/5305125_nA28E <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Seascapes/3767950_Km4Ya">Seascapes</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Seascapes/3767950_Km4Ya" title="Seascapes"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Seascapes/12-Apostles/216885554_Dy4NE-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Seascapes" title="Seascapes" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-02-29T04:31:47Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Seascapes/3767950_Km4Ya <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Animals/3767902_9ASAg">Animals</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Animals/3767902_9ASAg" title="Animals"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Animals/Wren-2/216885447_nML2c-Th.jpg" width="125" height="150" alt="Animals" title="Animals" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-02-29T04:26:28Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Animals/3767902_9ASAg <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/People/3768734_63P2C">People</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/People/3768734_63P2C" title="People"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/People/Decade-Forgotten-2/216960954_7WUPQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="People" title="People" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-11-13T17:37:16Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/People/3768734_63P2C <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Creative/3767978_ipsQU">Creative</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Creative/3767978_ipsQU" title="Creative"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Creative/Vision-of-the-past/221337770_USNLy-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Creative" title="Creative" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-11-13T16:54:06Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Creative/3767978_ipsQU <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Who-am-I/About-Me/3769835_Awdjt">About Me.</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Who-am-I/About-Me/3769835_Awdjt" title="About Me."><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Who-am-I/About-Me/Mark/217054525_uyDUG-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="123" alt="About Me." title="About Me." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-11-03T18:29:03Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Who-am-I/About-Me/3769835_Awdjt <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Home-Page/Home-Page/3769819_6yWhi">Home Page</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Home-Page/Home-Page/3769819_6yWhi" title="Home Page"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Home-Page/Home-Page/lightning2/217052977_CHYJk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Home Page" title="Home Page" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-11-03T18:02:43Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Home-Page/Home-Page/3769819_6yWhi <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Who-am-I/Guestbook/3769666_VzhHT">Guestbook</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Who-am-I/Guestbook/3769666_VzhHT" title="Guestbook"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Who-am-I/Guestbook/Mark/217034846_kf8NU-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="123" alt="Guestbook" title="Guestbook" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-11-03T17:07:58Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Who-am-I/Guestbook/3769666_VzhHT <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Still-Life/3768773_bcS7L">Still Life</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Still-Life/3768773_bcS7L" title="Still Life"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Still-Life/Japanese-Connection/216962635_vAS7Z-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Still Life" title="Still Life" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-11-03T14:01:43Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Dreamscape-Photos/Still-Life/3768773_bcS7L <p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com">Mark Jones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/3767998_ER2c7">My Smug Mug</a>'</p><p><a href="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/3767998_ER2c7" title="My Smug Mug"><img src="http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/Mark-Jones/216920599_wshcX-Th.jpg" width="99" height="150" alt="My Smug Mug" title="My Smug Mug" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-11-03T12:30:54Z Mark Jones http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com http://dreamscape1.smugmug.com/Other/My-Smug-Mug/3767998_ER2c7