Bryan Morgan - 28 breitmeyers road - little river - 8162 - canterbury - new zealand

ph ah (03) 3251-277 - fax (03) 3251-279 - mobile 027 227-3600

I have worked in photography since I had an afterschool job in a black and white photolab and portrait studio, I have sold cameras, been a sales rep and owned a 1 hour photolab. I have never formally learnt photography but I have taught it. It is definetly a trade where the diploma you hang on the wall is nowhere near as important as the results of your craft. I refuse to call photography art because there are far too many fakes and posers in the art world, and I can see nothing wrong with being refered to as a craftsman.

My wife and I have been building a house in the country for about 10 years, this year should see it finished (either that or it might see our marriage finished :). It is predominantly earth with lots of self milled macrocarpa beams and trim, great idea this earthy stuff but boy is it hard work.

Thanks to the bank of environmental kharma in which our house has invested heavily,
I decided that my 16 year old son & I could go motor racing...one month of low impact living = 1 tank of racing fuel..., but then maths was never my strong suit.
So bashing around ruapuna raceway in an old Toyota starlet with a late model 1600 engine on slicks is my idea of enjoyment.

It aint pretty (especially after my son rolled it) but it is fun.

(Thanks for the photo Sophie)

I got involved in some local issues which somehow turned into me running for the local councils community board, I was chairman for a few years but it takes up a lot of time, and reading agendas and reports is nowhere near as much fun as photography. But I'll stick at it while the local voters think Im doing something usefull.

I enjoy photography (surprise surprise) but it takes a couple of weeks holiday to make me want to pick up a camera on my own behalf

Thats about me, I used to fish a lot , I have kayaks and mountain bikes gathering dust,the chainsaw is my favourite powertool and yes I have all the safety gear when playing lumberjack. The house is built around my desire for a lounge that could handle the stereo set on "stun" whilst playing billiards next to the liquor cabinet. Just dragged the table out of storage to find that mice had eaten holes in the felt (you gotta love living in the country!) and I dont seem to have much of a taste for bourbon any more. Still, I can work on it.