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About Max

Not sure why you would want to see a picture of me - but anyway, you got it. That's me on the left - Ann, my first wife and lover on the right.

I was born (1951) and bred in the great state of Western Australia, a long way from the rest of the world. My birthplace was Bassendean, a small suburb of Perth, which is also where Rolf Harris comes from (maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that). I attended Ashfield Primary School, but only lasted a year and a bit at Cyril Jackson High School.

My family was very outdoorsy, so I got to see lots of great places and at age 16, received my first camera - a Kodak fixed lens 35mm. I started into transparencies from that time and now have boxes of the things that never see the light of day, though I have been picking out the best, scanning and printing them for the family album. I have made up an album of the many cars, 4x4s and other vehicles I have owned over the years. I bought my first SLR, a small Pentax something with fixed lens, at 18 years of age and later had a Ricoh with screw-on lens. The last film camera was a Pentax MZ50 - then I went digital. See more info on my current camera gear here.

I married the girl next door in 1973, after being the best of friends for 8 years, and have been together ever since. We have two sons, one is with the Australian Army and is now a Lieutenant serving in Darwin, Northern Territory. He first joined the Army in 2001. He is married with four children. Our younger son is with an Aluminium Supplies company in Malaga, W.A..

I have always loved good photography and regret not pursuing it as a career, or at least as a more dedicated amateur, though that is being fulfilled more of late with the shift into digital. Having good equipment is half the battle, and I am fortunate that this has been achieved, allowing me to concentrate more on the content side of my hobby.

I currently work part-time for a Christian-based parenting training group, Growing Families Australia, doing desktop publishing and design, as well as being their website administrator: www.gfi.org.au.  I also do a few other websites: www.rivcc.org.au, Rivervale Church of Christ - my home church;  www.rumahospice.org, Ruma Abedona Hospice - a palliative care hospice in West Bengal, India; and www.campwattlegrove.com.au, Camp Wattle Grove - a local christian camping site. I hope you enjoy my photos - there will be lots more to come, but please, do not use any of my images for commercial purposes without written permission.

Cheers,  Max.

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