Tell us a little bit about yourself. My name is Craig Alexander Reid and I’m a
How important is Photoshop to your final images?
student heading into my third year studying
Photoshop is only important for vamping
BA(Hons) Photography at Falmouth
colors and playing with your blacks and
University down in Cornwall, UK.
whites. I don’t do much manipulation at all; everything is usually left how it was when
Which is your favorite lens? Why?
I took it. I then just resize and sharpen my
My favorite lens has to be the 1.4/50mm
images.
prime lens which I use on my Canon 5D. It’s great for pretty much everything. So it’s a
Who or what inspires you?
great lens to just have for every occasion.
I find inspiration hard. However, if I had to choose, it would just be the world around
How did you get in to photography?
me and its beauty. I always seem to find my inspiration when I combine my partner and a beautiful backdrop.
Photography for me began in secondary school. However, I didn’t really get in to it
What are your other hobbies?
until my final months at college when I was applying for universities.
I’m an avid gamer and I spend a lot of my time reading graphic novels. I enjoy playing
What is your creative/production process?
basketball as a means to keep fit and to blow off some steam.
I’m very much a “hunter”-type photographer. I live in the moment and try
What are your next steps?
to capture what happens around me. On
I’m currently working on a book featuring
odd occasions I’ll ask for a portrait or two
all my favorite portrait and candid shots
but I just like to document my surroundings
spanning the first couple of years with my
with little influence on what is going on.
partner. You can purchase a copy of it from my Blurb account.
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