Billy Currie Photography bio
Born in a small mining village in Ayrshire, I later relocated to Central Scotland to pursue a career in IT and currently live in Stirlingshire with my wife and son.
Having had an interest in landscape photography for some time it was the DSLR age that turned my interest into an obsession, my computing background combined with digital technology has resulted in far less restrictions and much more creative freedom for me as a photographer.
Already having an extensive knowledge of computers, photography and my camera, I completed an advanced Photoshop course a couple of years ago and have continued my education of this vast product ever since as I believe these skills are crucial to a digital photographer.
To date, many of my images have proven popular not just in Scotland but also in many other countries around the world, here are some of my highlights so far :-
• Regular sales within the UK, USA and various other countries.
• Images featured regularly in both weekly and monthly magazines.
• Various images used on book covers.
• Around 500 images currently licensed and sold by Getty Images.
• One image has recently been commended in The Landscape Photographer of the Year the Year 2010 competition and features in the book on sale now.
• Double page spread in the March 2011 edition of National Geographic Magazine and also featured on their website.
Some of the areas I specialise in :-
• Camera Controls
raw files, manual settings, exposure, focus, histogram, etc
• Composition
rule of thirds, depth of field, hyperfocal distances, etc
• Various Styles
Landscape, B&W, Minimalist, Low Light, Macro, Infrared, etc
• Adobe Lightroom
uploading, organising, comparing, cropping, raw editing, etc
• Adobe Photoshop
basic to advance editing in both colour and black/white
• Miscellaneous
selling images, backups, sensor cleaning, online resources,
printing, equipment purchases, mounting/framing, etc
Having had an interest in landscape photography for some time it was the DSLR age that turned my interest into an obsession, my computing background combined with digital technology has resulted in far less restrictions and much more creative freedom for me as a photographer.
Already having an extensive knowledge of computers, photography and my camera, I completed an advanced Photoshop course a couple of years ago and have continued my education of this vast product ever since as I believe these skills are crucial to a digital photographer.
To date, many of my images have proven popular not just in Scotland but also in many other countries around the world, here are some of my highlights so far :-
• Regular sales within the UK, USA and various other countries.
• Images featured regularly in both weekly and monthly magazines.
• Various images used on book covers.
• Around 500 images currently licensed and sold by Getty Images.
• One image has recently been commended in The Landscape Photographer of the Year the Year 2010 competition and features in the book on sale now.
• Double page spread in the March 2011 edition of National Geographic Magazine and also featured on their website.
Some of the areas I specialise in :-
• Camera Controls
raw files, manual settings, exposure, focus, histogram, etc
• Composition
rule of thirds, depth of field, hyperfocal distances, etc
• Various Styles
Landscape, B&W, Minimalist, Low Light, Macro, Infrared, etc
• Adobe Lightroom
uploading, organising, comparing, cropping, raw editing, etc
• Adobe Photoshop
basic to advance editing in both colour and black/white
• Miscellaneous
selling images, backups, sensor cleaning, online resources,
printing, equipment purchases, mounting/framing, etc