Chris Waldren Photography

Like many a keen amateur photographer my first photographs were taken as a record of holidays and family events using a simple (but effective) ‘point and shoot’ camera. But I eventually started to take an interest in photography for its own sake and, having been fortunate enough to live in the countryside for much of my life, I usually combine my photography with an equal love of getting out and about in the open spaces. I am now based on Salisbury Plain, a few miles north of the historic cathedral city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, UK.

I have tried my hand at all sorts of photographic subject matter over the years, but my photography is now almost entirely landscape orientated. I prefer to photograph in black and white as I feel that landscape is often more about shapes, patterns, light and shade than it is about colour.

Although one or two of the earlier pictures on this site originate from a digital camera, the majority are from film. I have returned exclusively to using film and also now shoot almost entirely on Rangefinder cameras, which I find a joy to use because of their simplicity, as well as being much lighter to carry about.

Here's hoping film remains available for a few years to come yet!