Hugh O'Kelly

About: I first became interested in photography at boarding school, where I joined the photographic society, learned the rudimentary skills of photographic composition from an excellent art teacher, and the skills required to develop, enlarge, and print black and white photographs. Since then, preoccupied with other activities I am only now returning to this subject.

Interests: My main interests include a wide range of practical DIY projects, particularly woodwork which I find therapeutic, and which can involve anything from simple carpentry to boat building. I am also interested in a broad range of music, in boating and walking our dog. My work has always been a major hobby, particularly with the rise of exciting new energy challenges and this has delayed my retirement, an event I have avoided being apprehensive about life without major projects; then photography again came to mind, and I look forward to this new learning experience.

History: Tógadh mé i Ros Goill i nDún na nGall sna caogaidí, in a wholly Gaelic speaking peninsular community, a linguistic and cultural challenge for my young mother, newly arrived from her native Leicester city, a different life for her and in that unelectrified time and place of nighttime darkness, a world away from today. Early memories of my father's wind charger experiments tie with my embracing electrical engineering as a career. I established an engineering enterprise (premium-power.com) focused on providing power system solutions internationally and now ably led by my son and daughter-in-law. Such photography as I have undertaken in recent years has been for work or family related events.

What Hugh has to say: I start very far behind the standard of this group, but I want to learn and to participate. I look forward to exploring the creative side of my mind through photographic expression, and to learning from and mixing with a like-minded group of people.

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