about fotomat

 

fotomat is a personal website that is hosted, designed and curated by Mike Tadman.

 

I’m a retired IT professional.  Since giving up full-time work in September 2022, I have taken up photography as a hobby.  This website provides a way for me to document the process of learning the art of photography, website design and record some of the interesting places and sights that I have visited along the way.

The author at RSPB Conwy, March 2023. Photo credit Richard S. Tadman

 

I currently use the following equipment, cameras, lenses and software to build this site:

 

Hardware:

 

  • Canon EOS 1DX MK I
  • Canon EOS 5D MK I
  • Canon zoom lens EF 24-105mm
  • Canon zoom lens EF 100-400mm
  • Canon 1.4x Extender MK 1
  • Canon SpeeLlite  430EXII flash

 

Software:

 

Where possible I try to achieve my design goals using free open source software.  There are many great commercial software tools out there, that have widespread appeal to the professional photographic community.  However,  I prefer to spend my limited budget on good quality camera equipment and use my IT skills and free open source software tools to get the best results I can.  Here are the tools I used to build this website:

 

 
In addition I can also recommend the following free software for general graphic design and image manipulation:

 

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