Mike Shields

Mike Shields

I first got into Photography in the late 70's when I bought my first SLR. After a year or so I set up a Darkroom in our spare bedroom and started to develop my own Black & White photographs.
In the mid 80's we moved house and unfortunately I didn't have room for a Darkroom. Around this time I took an interest in Target Shooting, joined a local Shooting Club and in 1991 became Chairman of LCB Marksmen.
In 2008 I sustained an injured to my shoulder which meant I couldn't shoot competitively for nearly two years. During a clear-out at home I came across my old SLR with a couple of rolls of film, I took it with me on a trip to a local beauty spot, used both rolls and was pleasantly surprised when I got them back from the developers.
Realising I still had the Photography bug I bought a Nikon D3100. Shortly after, I invested in an 18-200mm Nikon Zoom lens and a Sigma 10-20mm Wide Angle zoom. I have recently purchased a Nikon D5100 as a second body.
These days whatever I'm photographing I enjoy the taking and the editing. I now use every chance I get to capture the moments in time that would be lost forever, like tears in the rain.....

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Mike Shields has uploaded Driftwood

Walking along Llanddwyn Beach after a storm I noticed this large piece of Driftwood in the sand and the waves were lapping around it so I set up my tripod and grabbed some long exposure shots of the waves receding around it.

Mike Shields is now following Jessica Castelari
Mike Shields is now following Christoph Langguth

graphic design and photography

Mike Shields is now following Andreas Frommelt

Ich fotografiere jetzt digital seit 2 Jahren und habe die Fotografie von Stillleben für mich entdeckt.
Die natürlichen Motive von flüssigen und gasförmigen Stoffen haben es mir angetan. Ich bin Hobbyfotograf und möchte ein paar schöne Bilder veröffentlichen

Mike Shields has uploaded Pumphouse

One of the Pump houses on an Elan Valley reservoir.

Mike Shields has uploaded Shoreline

Taken from the Lighthouse on LlanddwynIsland, Anglesey, North Wales

Mike Shields has uploaded Sunset Fence

Taken at Sunset on the West Shore of Llandudno, North Wales

Mike Shields has uploaded Blue Sunset

Taken at Sunset on the West Shore of Llandudno, North Wales

Taken at Sunset on the West Shore of Llandudno, North Wales

Mike Shields has uploaded Storm Clouds

Llyn Dywarchen is a beautiful lake near Beddgelert in North Wales. I've visited this location on a number of occasions and the changing weather conditions reveal different photo opportunities every time. In this image the fence disappearing into the Lake from the right lead your eyes to the lonely tree on the opposite bank were you then notice the approaching storm clouds.

My trip to Lake Cregennen near Dolgellau in North Wales was a very fruitful trip.
The sun shone, the rain held off and the threatening clouds ensured dramatic skies. This is one of a few I have uploaded from this location.

Mike Shields left a comment on the picture Green Stones.
Mike Shields is now following Chris Thaxter

Chris is an avid Photographer who will photograph anything that will give an image worth having. He does scenic landscapes,buildings of interest,castles, fauna and flora, domestic animals as well as exotics.

Mike Shields has uploaded A Sunny Day.

This image was captured on the Lleyn Peninsular in North Wales. I have processed it in Photoshop to bring out the colour in the sky and the sand.

Llyn Dywarchen is a lake near Beddgelert in North Wales. I was photographing the Lake when I noticed these Storm clouds appearing over Snowdon. I have converted this image to Black and White as I think it brings out more detail in the clouds and gives it a more dramatic feel.

Mike Shields is now following Georg Huber

Arbeitet als freiberuflicher Künstler, Autor und Verleger
in Ostermünchen / Oberbayern
und bezeichnet sich selbst als „Travelling Artist“.
Geboren 1961 in Rosenheim.
Nach einer Ausbildung und weiteren Jahren
im Handwerk besuchte er das Grafik Studio Burke in München.
Seither widmet er sich mit ganzem Elan
seiner eigentlichen Passion, dem Arbeiten
mit Farben.
Acryl, Wandbemalung, Airbrushtechnik, sein Spektrum ist groß,
sein Malstil unverkennbar, farbenfroh und positiv.
Auf seinen Reisen findet er Kraft und Inspiration für seine
mehrfach international ausgezeichneten Gemälde.
Marderschaden in Manhattan ist bereits der vierte Kunstband
des Künstlers.

Mike Shields is now following jennifer cox
Mike Shields is now following Pim Bens

I'm a 21 years old student (@Design Academy Eindhoven), and graffiti-artist, with a passion for nature and culture. I get inspiration from traveling and discovering new countries, it's landscape, wildlife, nature and it's people and their culture.

To me, photographing feels like taking a closer look to different aspects of everyday life. A way of getting inspiration from things you normally wouldn't even notice. It feels like a tool to discover the world, the challenge is to communicate this in my works.

Mike Shields is now following Mikael Raymond

Since time immemorial the seasons have shaped and characterized the Nordic (folk) soul. The extreme contrast between light and darkness, hope and despair and elation and melancholy. The Scandinavian soul, like the inward looking, hibernating bear, seeks isolation when the sun turns its face to other latitudes, and from this fateful ambience comes creative inspiration.

It is my intention to capture the beauty present in the meeting between the dark, the light & the interaction of colors, with natures unruly and unconditional constitution.
This is my desire, this is the key. I would like to show you that there's great hope right here in our love of nature. That is the challenge that inspires me to create portraits of a big country interacting and acting between these two extremes, and where the light is a messenger in the darkness.

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